A REVIEW PAPER ON FARM POWER AND ENERGY IN AGRICULTURE

Abstract

Farm power is used to operate various forms of machinery such as tillage, plant safety, planting, threshing and harvesting machinery, as well as other stationary jobs such as irrigation, threshers, sellers, cleaners, graders, and so on. The direct and indirect energy demands of agriculture can be separated. Land planning, planting, harvesting, irrigation, food production, post-harvest processing, storage, and transportation of agricultural outputs and inputs are all examples of direct energy needs. In present time farm power helps in agriculture in different stages and helps to do comfort farming with the help of different farm power. In this paper the author discussed the farm power and energy used in agriculture and how farm power helps in agriculture at different levels. In this review paper, author also discussed human power, mechanical power, animal power, electrical energy, solar energy and renewable energy. In the future the farm power will be used in large amounts which will help people in the field of agriculture.