The country is faced with issues of poverty and food security. This implies sustaining food production to satisfy the basic needs of the growing population. A way to achieve this is by increasing land and labor efficiency in agriculture through agricultural mechanization.
 Agricultural mechanization aims at sustaining agricultural production by bringing in more lands under cultivation, saving energy and resources, protecting the environment, and increasing the overall economic welfare of farmers.
Machines and equipment are major inputs to agriculture. The use and application of these inputs to farm production is one of the management tools to maximize farm production and profit.
During peak planting and harvesting seasons, labor demand is very high. By mechanizing selected farm operations like land preparation, family labor mostly employed in most farms in the country may engage in other income-generating activities on- and off-farm. Labor shortage during peak seasons of land preparation and harvesting will also be addressed and timeliness of cropping schedule will be achieved.
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