THE ROLE OF EFFECTIVE FARM MACHINERY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IN TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL AGRICULTURE
KAPILA, F. P.
Abstract
Effective farm machinery management has its own positive
contribution to sustainable agriculture. Market economy is being preached and
introduced almost everywhere. Subsistence farming has been the provider of the
staple food crops in many countries in Africa. Previous governments in many
of these countries used to provide farmers loans for implements and tractors
on favourable interest rates. It is on record that management of the machinery
was poor, hence the need for a user-friendly farm machinery management program
to address the problem of poor machinery utilization. Proper farm management
leads to profit maximization and contributes to job creation and offers farmers
a tool to use in planning. The program looks at the activities on the farm as
a whole.
Key words:
Farm machinery management program, sustainable agriculture, subsistence farming,
machinery utilization.