Nepal is a small land locked country situated in between India and China. Agriculture is the backbone of national
economy, means of livelihood for majority of population, main source of GDP, income and employment
opportunities in Nepal. The agriculture contributes to about 34.7% to national GDP and provides part and full time
employment opportunities to 73.9% of its population (MOF 2011 & NLFS 2008). The average land holding per
family across Nepal is found to be less than 0.8 hectare. Because of small land size, unavailability of the other
employment opportunities in the country, majority of farmers in the country are compelled to adopt subsistence
agriculture. Due to low investment capacity and lack of infrastructure & market opportunities majority of farmers are
adopting traditional technology in their production system. Due to unavailability of attractive employment
opportunity in the country, the majority of young people are going abroad (mainly in Gulf and Malaysia) in search of
jobs. In the first eight months of F Y 2010/11, about 0.21 million youth formally went to various countries (mainly
Malaysia and Gulf) to work as labour with formal approval of government. The trend of young people leaving Nepal
for foreign employment is increasing every year. The number of people visiting abroad through unauthorized means
taking undue advantage of open border with India is assumed to remain at large. Hence agriculture has become job of
old people and that of women farmers in the village. In this context there is urgent need of appropriate agricultural
mechanization in Nepal.