Prospects of Mechanization

Agricultural science SSS1 Third Term

Week 3                                 

Prospects of Mechanization

Performance objectives.

Students should be able to:

1. List advantages of agricultural mechanization.

Content.    

ADVANTAGES OF AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION

Farm mechanization has the following advantages:

• Timeliness of operation:

Farm mechanization ensures that all farm operations are done and completed within a short period of time.

• It saves labour:

 In farm mechanization, most human efforts are substituted with machines. Hence, labour saved could be employed elsewhere.

• It reduces health hazards:

 Farm mechanization reduces health hazards. These include those posed by knives, hoes, stumps, pests, etc.

• It reduces drudgery:

Farm mechanization makes it easy to avoid unpleasant manual jobs.

• Increase in Farm revenue:

As a result of mechanization, farmers become richer…