Status of Farm Power Availability and Implements in Selected Villages of Bastar District of Chhattisgarh

Survey conducted in two villages of Bastar District of Chhattisgarh revealed that the percentage share of average tractive power, stationary power and draught animal power is 4.64(0.027 kW/ ha), 37.33(0.07 kW/ha) and 76.7(0.34 kW/ha), respectively of cultivable area. Average farm power availability of the selected villages was found to be less than the national average i.e. 1.6 kW/ha. The villages have sufficient draught animals, indigenous implements and hand tools like indigenous plough, biasi plough, kopar, patela, pick-axe, crowbar, spade, wooden mallet etc. The study indicated a dire need of increasing the farm power availability and farm mechanization in this particular area to increase the productivity of land