I Congratulate, Farm Machinery Testing Center and its team for bringing out the “Hand Book on Agricultural Implements Tested at FMTC, GKVK”. This farm implements are tested and certified at Farm Machinery Testing Center, Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, UAS, GKVK, Bangalore.

I believe this hand book will be of great help to the farming community in the field of Farm Mechanization and for its manufacturer’s, which contains details about implements and manufacturers. This hand book will be insight of various types of land development, sowing and planting equipment’s which are manufactured and marketed in the subsidy category in the country. I wish that every farmers of the state to utilize this hand book for purchase of quality farm implements.