Transplanting Machinery
• ACI Transplanter is the only transplanter that functions in zero tilled
system.
• Both ACI Transplanter and Metal Transplanter have similar technical
specifications.
Harvesting Equipment
• Mini-combine harvesters are preferred to reapers, however, both
technologies greatly reduce labor requirements and costs of harvesting
compared to conventional harvest.
• Mini-combine harvesters have larger fuel consumption and GHG Emission
compared to reapers.
• Conventional harvest and reapers have greater post-harvest losses
compared to mini-combine harvesters.
Effective Field
Capacity Ha/Hr
min=0 max=0.205
Field Efficiency
min=0 max=77.55
Labor Requirements
Taka/Ha min=0
max=16573
Fuel consumption
L/Ha min=0
max=4.11
GHG Emissions Kg
C02/ha min=0
max=16.086
ACI Transplanter -Tilled
Metal Transplanter-Tilled
ACI-Transplanter- Zero Tillage
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This poster is made possible by the support of the American
People provided to the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for
Sustainable Intensification through the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID). The contents are the sole
responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the
views of USAID or the United States Government. Program
activities are funded by USAID under Cooperative Agreement
No.AID-OAA-L-14-00006.
Mechanized Rice Production in Bangladesh: Utilization of SI Assessment Framework for Systems Analyses
Appropriate Scale Mechanization Consortium
Tim Rendalla; Chayan Sahab, Md Monjurul Alamb, Prasanta Kalitaa, Alan Hansena
a Depart. of Agricultural and Biological Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
b Depart. Of Farm Power and Machinery, Bangladesh Agricultural University
INTRODUCTION
CONCLUSIONS
Intervention 1:Transplanting Equipment
Intervention 2: Harvesting Equipment
SYNERGIES ANDTRADEOFFS
The ASMC is encouraging
appropriate scale machinery
for the mechanization of rice
production in Bangladesh.
Baseline survey results
indicate mechanization levels
for seedling/transplanting
and harvesting are extremely
low (<2%). The Appropriate
Scale Mechanization
Innovation Hub-Bangladesh
interventions are:
1. Transplanting Machinery
2. Harvesting Machinery
3. Conservation
Agriculture Seeding
Machinery.
Agricultural
activities
Traditional
(%)
Mechanical
(%)
Tillage 4 96
Seedling/
Transplanting
99 1
Weeding 100 -
Irrigation 15 85
Plant
protection
- 100
Harvesting 97 2 to 3
Threshing 31 69
Winnowing 94 6
Drying 98 2
Milling 79 21
Storage 96 4
RICETRANSPLANTING EQUIPMENT
RICE HARVESTING EQUIPMENT
ACI Reaper Metal Reaper KYM Mini-Combine
Metal Asia –ARP 4UM ACI Daedong KIOTI DP 488
BASELINE SURVEY RESULTS
Work Rate
hr/ha min=0
max=184
Post harvest
Losses % Loss
min=0
max=6.36
Labor
Requirements
Taka/Ha min=0
max=20847
Fuel
consumption
L/Ha min=0
max=17.67
GHG Emissions
Kg C02/ha
min=0
max=67.146
Conventional Harvest
ACI Reaper
Metal Reaper
Mini Combine Harvester
The ASMC has partnered with two machinery suppliers [Metal (Pvt.
Ltd.) and ACI Motor] to promote machinery for transplanting and
harvesting.
Productivity
Work rate*
Effective field capacity*
Field efficiency*
Crop productivity/Yield*
Input use efficiency
Crop residue productivity
Animal productivity
Variability in production
Yield gap
Cropping intensity
Economic
Labor requirement*
Weekly consumption
expenditure*
Fuel consumption*
Average maximum willingness to
pay for transplanting (Hand)*
Average maximum willingness to
pay for transplanting (Machine)*
Value of agricultural implements*
Profitability
Variability of profitability
Income diversification
Input use intensity
Returns to land, labor and capital
Poverty rates
Market participation
Market orientation
Environmental
Pesticide use*
Water availability*
Greenhouse gas
emission*
Plant biodiversity
Vegetative cover
Fuel security
Pest level
Insect biodiversity
Soil erosion
Soil carbon
Soil chemical quality
Soil physical quality
Human condition
Food security*
Nutrition*
Food safety
Capacity to
experiment
Human health
Social
Dietary diversity by gender*
Training received on agricultural
machinery*
Gender equity
Age equity
Equity of marginalized groups
Social cohesion
Collective action
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Net Cultivated Area decimal min=0 max=284.1
Average Aman Season Production kg/decimal min=0
max=18
Weekly Consumption Expenditure BDT min=0
max=1883
Average maximum willingness to pay for
transplanting (hand) BDT/Bigha min=0 max=1491
Average maximum willingness to pay for
transplanting (machine) BDT/Bigha min=0
max=1221
Value of Agricultural Implements BDT min=0
max=5484.6
Water Availbility % of farmers reporting salinity
and/or water shortage min=0 max=69.6
Pesticide Use BDT/Decimal min=0 max=3834
Food Deficit-Self-reported % of farmers min=0
max=92
Household Dietary Diversity Scores # of food groups
min=0 max=6.19
Intervention Farmer Adoption Farmer Control