TAFE’s free tractor rental helps 64,000 farmers
The Hindu
TAFE, one of the leading tractor manufacturers in the country, through its free tractor rental scheme, enabled about 64,000 small and marginal farmers in Tamil Nadu to continue farming operations duri
TAFE, one of the leading tractor manufacturers in the country, through its free tractor rental scheme, enabled about 64,000 small and marginal farmers in Tamil Nadu to continue farming operations during the second wave of the COVID outbreak in over 1.03 lakh acres in an uninterrupted manner. TAFE free tractor rental scheme under its JFarm services platform received an overwhelming response from the farming community. Within 60 days, over 1.55 lakh hours of free tractor and farm implement rental services were provided, cultivating over 1,03,000 acres, it said in a release. TAFE offered 19,000 Massey Ferguson and Eicher tractors and 33,500 implements on a “free-of-cost” rental basis to small farmers owning two acres or less. Against the estimated coverage of 50,000 farmers in Tamil Nadu, the scheme covered 64,000 farmers. High-demand implements like cultivator, disc plough, duck-foot cultivator and rotary tiller were widely used by the farmers under the scheme.More Related News
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