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@article{189244,
        author = {KALPANA.C and Dr.S.PRABAKARAN},
        title = {AN ECONOMIC GROWTH OF FARMERS THROUGH MECHANIZATION IN SUGARCANE CULTIVATION – AN EMPIRICAL STUDY IN ERODE DISTRICT},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {7},
        pages = {6967-6974},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=189244},
        abstract = {Agriculture in India is the backbone of the 
economy, providing livelihood to a large proportion of 
the population and contributing significantly to national 
income. It supports food security, raw materials for 
industries, and employment generation. Mechanization 
in sugarcane cultivation involves using modern 
machinery for planting, intercultural operations, 
harvesting, and transport, reducing labour dependency, 
saving time, and improving productivity. Mechanization 
in sugarcane cultivation enhances farmers’ economic 
growth by increasing productivity, reducing labour costs, 
ensuring timely operations, improving yield quality, and 
raising income per acre, thereby supporting sustainable 
farm livelihoods. Although, high initial investment costs, 
limited access to credit, inadequate availability of 
machinery, lack of technical knowledge, and small 
landholdings restrict farmers in Erode from fully 
adopting mechanization, thereby constraining economic 
growth in sugarcane cultivation. In this junction, the 
study aimed to examine the economic growth of farmers 
through mechanization in sugarcane cultivation in Erode 
district, Tamil Nadu. A descriptive research design was 
employed to systematically fulfill the objectives of the 
study. The required data were gathered from both 
primary and secondary sources. The study population 
consisted of students from Arts and Science colleges in 
selected independent variables. The analysis observed 
that 
high level of economic growth through 
mechanization in sugarcane cultivation is perceived by 
the farmers who belong to 30–40 years of age category, 
male, 11–15 years of experience, cultivating sugarcane 
for 7–9 acres and cultivating crystal sugarcane.},
        keywords = {Sugarcane  Cultivation,  Farm  Mechanization, Economic Growth, Farmers’ Income,  Cost of Cultivation, Labour Efficiency, Technological  Adoption.},
        month = {December},
        }