Agriculture

Mechanised agriculture in the hills is a double-edged sword

While machinery can replace draught animal power, its use on fragile hill slopes can damage soil and destabilise landscapes
Mechanised agriculture in the hills is a double-edged sword
Farmers plough a terraced area in Uttarakhand’s Bageshwar using hand tractors. Mechanisation is essential in modern agriculture to enhance productivity. But using machinery, whether light or heavy, in a hilly or terraced landscape can disrupt topsoil, destroy vegetation, and alter natural drainage.Photo: Vikas Choudhary/CSE
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Mechanised agriculture in the hills is a double-edged sword
Farmers plough a terraced area in Uttarakhand’s Bageshwar using hand tractors. Mechanisation is essential in modern agriculture to enhance productivity. But using machinery, whether light or heavy, in a hilly or terraced landscape can disrupt topsoil, destroy vegetation, and alter natural drainage.Photo: Vikas Choudhary/CSE
soil
uttarakhand
Bageshwar (D)
mechanisation
hills
Mechanised agriculture
farm implements
machinery
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