date:Jan 22, 2013
the seriousness of labour shortage that some farmers have left their lands fallow as they have been unable to manage work on their own.
The 12th Five-year Plan is focussing extensively on farm mechanisation and to introduce the concept of custom-hiring of farm machinery through an Agricultural Extension and Technology Mission.
The proposed mission tries to promote entrepreneurship among those with a farming background or having a degree in agricultural sciences. They will get access to loans