A case of the process of tractorisation

The causes and consequences of farm mechanisation have been discussed largely in the context of well-watered areas which have had substantial improvements in productivity. This paper seeks to study a case of rapid tractorisation in a dry and, by the standards of the 'green revolution regions fairly backward area. On the face of it, agro-climatic conditions in the region make the tractor a most uneconomic and wasteful innovation. In fact, it is found that it is precisely these conditions which have contributed the most to the quick spread of tractor cultivation in the urea.