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Mechanization of farming technology and permanent land improvement

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Mechanization of farming technology and permanent land improvement activities require huge capital investments. Sincere efforts are to be made to encourage private investments by attracting agricultural entrepreneurs to the area. The two factors that inhibit large private investments in paddy cultivation in this region are the statutory ceiling to paddy landholdings and the militancy of farm labour unions. Unlike many other crops, the profit cost ratio is still high in paddy cultivation and in order to make it an economically viable occupation either the land ceiling must be raised or removed as in the case of plantation crops. Such a step will reduce the extent of illegal tenancy and absentee landlordism that exist throughout Download 240.69 Kb. Share with your friends: