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64. The strategy states a solution to promote “Agricultural mechanization”

to improve labour productivity and production efficiency. How is this
understood, and which criteria are used for assessing the level of
agricultural mechanization?

There is currently no official definition of in agriculture, agricultural mechanization is
agricultural mechanization. In the Strategy, the application of machines, equipment, and
however, mechanization is described as a technologies to perform tasks in the process
process by which rudimentary farming tools of agricultural production (pre- and post-
are replaced by mechanized means, such harvest) to replace manual labour, increase
as introducing machines in agricultural productivity, product quality and protect
production. Thanks to the development of natural resources and the environment. To
machinery, it is possible to replace human promote mechanization, MARD is developing
and livestock power with devices and manual policies to foster synchronous mechanization.
production methods with high-tech production Criteria for assessing the level of
methods. Agricultural mechanization is agricultural mechanization are as follows:
developed based on the mechanical industry, • Provide machines, equipment, and
creating machines to perform farm work such technologies: Level of mechanization
as tilling, planting, fertilizing, spraying, and and automation of stages in agricultural
providing custody following biological growth production and processing;
requirements of crops/plants and animals in • Human resources: Number of employees
the form of organizing agricultural production. who have been granted certificates in
The mechanization of agricultural production machinery and equipment operation and
helps save labour work and material inputs, occupational safety, processing;
resulting in higher productivity and quality, • Production organization and
bringing long-term economic benefits. management: Forms of association in
At present, agricultural mechanization agricultural mechanization services;
is carried out at each stage, performed at cooperate and associate production of
locations that require a lot of labour and heavy raw materials with processing;
work. It can be quickly done, such as tilling • Technical infrastructure: production
the land (ploughing machine), transportation scale, tertiary roads; barns and ponds;
(farming vehicle), animal feed processing factories, processing areas;
(cutter, feed mill), etc. • Sustainable development: Labor safety
According to the Decree encouraging the in production, food hygiene and safety
development of synchronous mechanization in processing, discharge control.

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