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Performance Evaluation of a Tractor Mounted Vegetable Transplanter (2015-2016)

M S Miah
Farm Machinery & Postharvest Process Engineering Division Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Joydebpur, Gazipur-1701

M A Hoque
Farm Machinery & Postharvest Process Engineering Division Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Joydebpur, Gazipur-1701

K K Saha
Farm Machinery & Postharvest Process Engineering Division Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Joydebpur, Gazipur-1701

N Jahan
Farm Machinery & Postharvest Process Engineering Division Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Joydebpur, Gazipur-1701

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Transplanting and planting vegetables in traditional way, is of hard job and inefficient activity. A tractor mounted vegetable transplanter was tested in experiment field of Farm Machinery and Postharvest Process Engineering Division of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur during 2015-16. Tomato and cauliflower seedling were transplanting by the transplanter. The treatments were T₁- transplanting by tractor operated vegetable transplanter, T₂- transplanting by hand at transplanter spacing (row to row 60 cm and plant to plant 40 cm), T₃- transplanting by hand at BARI recommended spacing (row to row 60 cm and plant to plant 45 cm). The average field capacity of the machine was 0.091 ha/h. The average depths of placement were found 4.15 and 2.95 cm and missing rate were 2.32% and 0.58% for tomato and cauliflower respectively. There were no significant difference of yields of tomato and cauliflower among the treatments and comparatively similar results were found on both years. This experiment will be continued to the next year for improvement of the transplanter for its better performance.

Keywords: Vegetable transplanter, Farm machinery, Postharvest, Tractor, Mounted vegetable

Location: FMPE divisional research farm of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Joydebpur, Gazipur, Bangladesh

Start Date: 00-00-2015

End Date: 00-00-2016

Program Area: Farm Mechanization

Commodity: Transplanter, Vegetables

Objectives:

Testing and evaluation of the vegetable transplanter
Analyze the economic performance of the transplanter

Methodology:

A tractor mounted vegetable transplanter was imported from India (National Agro Industries) at Farm Machinery and Post-harvest Process Engineering division, BARI, Gazipur. It is used for transplanting seedling of vegetables. Description of tractor mounted vegetable transplanter: It consisted of two modular planting units having three point hitch, toolbar, clamps, furrow opener, covering wheel, operator’s seat, water tank, transplanting fingers, etc. It has provision for seating two operators who place the seedling on the moving chain, which carries the seedling to the planting mechanism. Two inclined wheel having a small flange at its outer periphery help in the placement of seedling and cover the soil. It is operated with a tractor of 35- 40 hp and is suitable of transplanting of vegetable seedlings like tomato, cauliflower, chilly, cabbage, brinjal, etc. The working capacity and cost of operation of the machine are 0.082-0.092ha/h and 5000-6000 BDT (Farm machinery in SAARC countries, 2012). Theoretical field capacity of machine- Ct = nvd/10. where Ct is theoretical capacity of machine, n is the number of cultivation rows, v is the forward speed of machine and d is the distance of two rows of cultivation. Payback Period: The length of time required to recover the cost of an investment. The payback period of a given investment or project is an important determinant of whether to undertake the position or project, as longer payback periods are typically not desirable for investment positions. An experiment was conducted at the FMPE divisional research farm of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Joydebpur, Gazipur during rabi season of 2015-16. The vegetable transplanter was tested for tomato and cauliflower crop. The experiment was designed with three replications and three treatments. The treatments were T₁- Transplanting by tractor operated vegetable transplanter, T₂- Transplanting by hand at transplanter spacing(row to row 60 cm and plant to plant 40 cm), T₃- Transplanting by hand at BARI recommended spacing (row to row 60 cm and plant to plant 45 cm). The unit plot size of tomato and cauliflower were (9×3.7)m² and (8 ×6.15) m²respectively. Tomato variety BARI Tomato-8 and cauliflower variety Hamazuki were transplanted in the experiments field. The date of transplanting of tomato and cauliflower were 09-10-15 and 12-10-15 respectively. The doses of fertilizer were applied in the experiments field at BARI recommended rate.

Source of Information: Annual Research Report 2015-2016, Farm Machinery & Postharvest Process Engineering Division Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Joydebpur, Gazipur-1701

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Achievement/Findings:

The average field capacity of the tractor-mounted vegetable transplanter was 0.091 ha/h. In the case of yield, there were no significant differences among the treatments. The maximum yield of tomato were 85.20 and 91.89 t/ha in tractor-mounted vegetable transplanter during 2014-15 and 2015-16 respectively. The yield of cauliflower was 102.3 t/ha in transplanting by hand at transplanter spacing(row to row 60 cm and plant to plant 40 cm). The experiment will be continued for the next year for the improvement of the transplanter for its better performance.

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