Status of Agricultural Mechanization in Ghana: Insight from Farmers’ Perception, Population, and Nonagricultural Sector Growth

Table 4

Percentage of farmers with their rated level of mechanization on farms and its detailed mechanized farming operations.

Level of mechanization on farms (%)	Land preparation	Planting	Weed control	Irrigation	Harvesting	Postharvest
	% of respondents
80–100	7.0	0.0	0.5	2.3	0.0	1.6
60–79	5.0	3.0	1	3.8	1.5	3.7
40–59	6.1	1.5	5.7	10.0	1.0	5.3
20–39	10.1	10.7	16.6	13.8	12.3	10.6
0–19	71	84.8	76.2	70.0	85.1	78.7