Assessment of agricultural mechanization status in rice production and its challenges in the western Nepal

There is a difference of 45% to 55% between the attainable yield and potential rice. This gap may be due insufficient inputs poor mechanization status. In this regard, agricultural utmost importance obtain satisfactory yield. study was conducted determine level, power per unit area, probit regression, challenges faced by farmers understand status in rice cultivation. For this, 98 households Pyuthan municipality district 87 Bhimdutta Kanchanpur were selected using simple random sampling method. The highest level found main field tillage (90.92%), followed threshing (85.24%), seedbed (52.42%), irrigation (20.10%). Mechanization lacking transplantation, bund preparation, fertilizer application, weeding, harvesting. Power area 4.67 hp/ha. Age family size have negative impact while male household heads positive on mechanized threshing, both statistically significant at 5% level. unavailability farm machinery land fragmentation major adoption mechanization. areas not satisfactory, thus, strict policy against fragmentation, dissemination extension services grass root provision subsidies for required could help improvement production Nepal.