Happy seeder technology for direct sowing of wheat led to enhanced wheat yield over conventional tillage machine; saving of cultivation cost due to reduction in cost of tillage (60-70%), weed management (20-25%) and irrigation management (15-20%). It generated employment and reduced crop waste burning incidents.
ICAR has developed more than 300 successful technologies in frontier areas of agricultural engineering with great potential to increase productivity, reduce cultivation cost, reduce drudgery of agricultural workers, support value–addition, conserve resources and provide alternate energy sources. The economic impact of 17 most popular commercialized agricultural machineries and technologies has been estimated at 7,210 crore/annum.