Question

Collect information about modern

machineries used in agricul​

Answer 1

Answer:

Modern farming technology is used to improve the wide types of production practices employed by our farmers. It makes use of hybrid seeds of selected variety of a single crop, technologically advanced equipment and lots of energy subsidies in the form of irrigation water, fertilizers and pesticides. The most common types of equipment and machinery used on farms include tractors, balers, combines, plows, mowers, planters and sprayers.

Farming is no longer a small scale production, but rather one that is done with huge machines over thousands of hectares. This efficiency boost means that the world has access to any food it wants at any time. 

Let's take a look at 5 modern machines that dramatically increased the efficiency and production of farming operations across the globe.

1. Small-scale Potato Harvester

This machine digs potato from the soil by separating soil from the roots. It functions on small scale but separates the soil quickly to reduce the problems in harvesting of potato.  Even though the picture depicts a small-scale machine, the same technology is used in tractor-towed rigs to harvest potatoes at an even greater scale.

Answer 2

Answer:

Agricultural productivity is measured as the ratio of agricultural outputs to agricultural inputs.[1] While individual products are usually measured by weight, their varying densities make measuring overall agricultural output difficult. Therefore, output is usually measured as the market value of final output, which excludes intermediate products such as corn feed used in the meat industry. This output value may be compared to many different types of inputs such as labour and land (crop yield). These are called partial measures of productivity.[2]

Food production per capita since 1961

Grain production facilities

Agricultural productivity may also be measured by what is termed total factor productivity (TFP). This method of calculating agricultural productivity compares an index of agricultural inputs to an index of outputs. This measure of agricultural productivity was established to remedy the shortcomings of the partial measures of productivity; notably that it is often hard to identify the factors cause them to change. Changes in TFP are usually attributed to technological improvements.[3]

Agricultural productivity is an important component of food security.[4]