Conclusions and RecommendationsSmallholder farmers need farm power and mechanization to raise the productivity of their landand labor and to see improvements in farm family livelihoods. This essential input is not only neededfor agricultural production, but along the value chain for farm produce. Mechanization is needed toalleviate drudgery and to alleviate the load on women, children and the elderly, all of which equatesto an increase in labor productivity