Research Article
Metaheuristic and Machine Learning-Based Smart Engine for Renting and Sharing of Agriculture Equipment
Table 3
Analysis between farmers’ category and whether they availed loan or not with reason and their wish to hire machinery.
| Analysis between farmers’ category and whether they availed loan or not with reason and their wish to hire machinery | Farmers’ category | Availed loan or not | Reason for loan | Count of reasons | Would you like to hire machinery |
| Small = 377 | Yes = 179 | Plantation, fertilization | 10 | 179 | New machinery | 127 | | Land development | 42 | | Education | 0 | | No = 198 | Not availed loan | 198 | 197 |
| Medium = 179 | Yes = 53 | Plantation, fertilization | 0 | 51 | New machinery | 28 | | Land development | 25 | | Education | 0 | | No = 126 | Not availed loan | 126 | 121 |
| Large = 6 | Yes = 4 | Plantation, fertilization | 0 | 2 | New machinery | 4 | | Land development | 0 | | Education | 0 | | No = 2 | Not availed loan | 2 | 2 |
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