The tractor/power operated equipments were available with the large category of farmers and found significantly higher as compared to other farm groups such as small and medium, but their number was very small. The availability of agricultural equipment was found to be very low. In addition, the condition of hill farmers is different from that of farmers from the plains as their land holding is much smaller and fragmented. The rain-fed scenario forces the farmers to grow the crop in a limited time, however conducting timely operations under rain-fed conditions was very difficult. On the other...