Department of Agricultural Engineering, Birsa Agricultural University, Kanke, Ranchi, Jharkhand - 834 006 (India)
*E-mail: uttam_bau@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 27 January, 2014.
In Jharkhand (India), rice transplanting is generally done manually with women labourers. However, in view the scarcity of labour and improper plant spacing due to manual transplantation, a manual 4-row rice transplanter was designed by CRRI, Cuttack and tested for its performance and adaptability in rice fields in Jharkhand. Manual 4-row rice transplanter was operated at BAU farm and in farmer's fields. The effective field capacity was 0.025 ha/h at the operating speed of 0.47 km/hour. The cost of operation for transplantation by transplanter was Rs 2,429/ha whereas by traditional method this cost was Rs. 6,600/ha.
Evaluation, four-row rice transplanter, rice
