National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Rice is one of the main crops in Raichur district of Karnataka. During harvesting season, shortage of labour demands suitable machinery in this region. Field evaluation trials of self-propelled type small combine harvester for harvesting of rice crop were carried out and the results were compared with manual rice harvesting method. Studies on conventional method of rice harvesting revealed that, the average field capacity of conventional method was 0.009 hectare per hour and the average total grain loss was found to be 11.16 per cent. The cost of harvesting worked out for conventional method was 9,264.00 per hectare. However, the experiment conducted for small rice combine harvester revealed that the average field capacity and field efficiency were 0.123 ha/h and 90.25 per cent, respectively. The grin losses occurred with the machine was observed to be 5.43 per cent. The cost of operation was worked out to be 4,543.00 per hectare.
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