Agricultural mechanization is expected to increase the efficiency of human labor, the degree and standard of living of farmers, the quantity and quality of agricultural production, enable the growth of subsistence farming to commercial farming, and accelerate the transition of the Indonesian economy from its nature. agriculture is the nature of industry.
Various international institutions have been developing mechanization for a long time. Some programs have been successful, some have failed. According to IRRI (1986), the success of agricultural mechanization development depends on agro-climatic conditions, economic systems, and culture that are in line with the economic opportunities for the application of agricultural tools and machinery (patterns of agricultural technology).