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 |
During harvesting, rain, hail and storm often cause considerable damage to standing cereal crops. Rapid harvest facilitates extra days for land preparation and earlier planting of the next crop. The availability and cost of labor during harvesting is a serious problem. The shortage of labour during harvesting season and vagaries of the weather cause great losses to the farmers. It is therefore, essential to adopt the mechanized harvesting methods so that the timely harvesting could be ensured. The use of mechanical devices for harvesting has increased in the recent years. The use of harvesting machines helps in harvesting the crop at proper stage of maturity, and also reduces human drudgery and operational time. This, in turn, generates spare time for education, social, cultural and political activities, and human development especially in women-headed farming households. The mechanical harvesting would be feasible and economical compared to traditional method in terms of time, labour requirement and money. In this paper, the studies on different types of harvesting machines and techniques have been reviewed and analyzed. The data revealed from different studies showed that up to 85% saving in labor, and approximately 75% reduction in harvesting losses are possible through mechanized harvesting methods. Besides, the cost of harvesting of paddy was reduced by 55% per hectare.
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