| Extension
Activities and Achievements
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| 1. |
Organized Farm Implements
Day (Two days Meet of farmers and manufacturers) |
| 2. |
Organized Workshop of Quality
Control in Farm Implements Production supported by Deptt
of Agriculture, Government of Maharashtra |
| 3. |
Conducted HRD Training programme
for KVK Staff of “ Mechanization of Small Farm”. |
| 4. |
Participated in state level
agricultural exhibition. |
| 5. |
Publication of farm machineries
information in leading news papers/magazines |
| 6. |
Arranging demonstration for
farmers |
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Demonstration
of BBF planter cum interrow cultivator |
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Demonstration
of PDKV toolbar operated interrow cultivator |
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Demonstration
of PDKV tractor operated slasher |
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Participation
in agricultural exhibition |
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Interaction
with farmers during Shivar Pheri and demonstration |
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Demonstration
to the distinguish visitor’s |
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| Research
Recommendations (Approved in AGRESCO) |
1. |
• PDKV Tractor operated
slasher |
2. |
• PDKV self propelled
power tool bar for various attachments for small farm
mechanization |
3. |
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PDKV self propelled power tool bar operated pneumatic
planter attachment |
4. |
•
PDKV self propelled power tool bar operated interrow
cultivator attachment |
5. |
• PDKV self propelled
power tool bar operated multicrop reaper attachment |
6. |
• PDKV self propelled
power tool bar operated slasher attachment |
7. |
• PDKV self propelled
power tool bar operated tiller cum BBF marker attachment |
8. |
• Crop residue disintegrator |
9. |
• PDKV Manual drip lateral
coiler |
10. |
• PKV pedal operated stem
cutter |
11. |
• BBF Planter cum interrow
cultivator |
12. |
• BBF planting technique
to support mechanization of crop |
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| Name
of Technology : PDKV Self Propelled Slasher |
| Crop |
Kharif &
Rabi crops |
| Background |
The
residue management in farming system is the
emerging issue for the sustainable yield. Presently
After harvesting of crops, residues are burn
in open field. No in-situ recycling of crop
residue practices are followed. The abundant
crop residues are available for the recycling
and thereby enhancing the soil health. The self
propelled slasher, slashes standing crop residue
and spreads it over the soil. The use of such
machine saves the land preparation operation
and provides the in-situ management of crop
residue. |
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| Recommendation |
It
is recommended to use Self Propelled Slasher
for slashing all standing crop residues, grasses,
bushes etc. |
| Year of Release |
2006 |
| Applications |
For slashing all standing
crop residues, grasses, bushes etc. |
| Advantages |
Low
operation and maintenance cost. Suitable for
slashing all standing crop residues, grasses,
bushes etc. |
| Economics |
Cost
of operation is Rs. 250 to 400 per hectare.
Saving in cost over traditional land preparation
operation is 45 to 75 per cent with ease in
operation. |
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| Name
of Technology : PDKV Self Propelled Multi-crop reaper |
| Crop |
Kharif &
Rabi crops |
| Background |
Sowing,
interculture and harvesting operations need
to be done timely. The harvesting operation
is done by human labour in bending posture,
which is most tedious & drudgerious operation.
Delay in harvesting causes heavy losses in yield.
Some of the crops are hard to harvest. Harvesting
operation consists of cutting and conveying
of crops. The harvesters basically designed
for wheat crop are not suitable for crop like
soybean, chickpea, and gram. The harvesters
are difficult to operate in small field. The
self propelled multi-crop reaper is found to
overcome the difficulties faced in small farming. |
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| Recommendation |
It
is recommended to use Self Propelled Multi-crop
reaper for harvesting of soybean, black gram,
green gram, chick pea, safflower, paddy, wheat,
pigeon pea, sorghum, maize, pearl millet and
jute. |
| Year of Release |
2006 |
| Applications |
For Harvesting of soybean,
chickpea, gram etc. |
| Advantages |
Low
operation and maintenance cost. Suitable for
harvesting of soybean, black gram, green gram,
chick pea, safflower, paddy, wheat, pigeon pea,
sorghum, maize, pearl millet and jute. |
| Economics |
Cost
of operation is Rs. 380 to 405 per hectare.
Saving in cost over traditional operation is
65 to 70 per cent with ease in operation. |
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| Name
of Technology : PDKV Self Propelled Pneumatic Planter |
| Crop |
Kharif &
Rabi crops |
| Background |
Sowing
is the most important crop production operation.
Traditionally, bullock power is mostly use for
the sowing. The precision and timely sowing
enhances the yield. Now a days the skill workers
are not available for sowing operation. Similarly,
the bullock and labour power is decreasing day
by day which results in high cost of operation
as well as delay in sowing.. Some crops can
be sown by tractor in dry conditions only. Tractors
are also not suitable for sowing some crops
according to their sowing system and pattern.
Frequent tractor operations in rainy season
result high compaction problem in soil. With
help of this planter it is possible to maintain
the uniform seed to seed distance within the
row. The self propelled pneumatic planter works
in various soil conditions which satisfies the
farmers sowing needs. |
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| Recommendation |
It
is recommended to use Self Propelled Pneumatic
Planter for Sowing of all seed crops. |
| Year of Release |
2008 |
| Applications |
For sowing of all seed
crops such cotton, soybean, black gram, green
gram, chick pea, safflower, paddy, pigeon pea,
sorghum, pearl millet etc. |
| Advantages |
Low
operation and maintenance cost. Suitable for
sowing all seed crops. Early emergence of plants.
As it is the precision planting it saves cost
towards seeds. |
| Economics |
Cost
of operation is Rs. 240 to 300 per hectare.
Saving in cost over traditional sowing operation
is Rs. 510 per hectare with ease in operation. |
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| Name
of Technology : PDKV Self Propelled Inter-row Cultivator |
| Crop |
Kharif &
Rabi crops |
| Background |
In
crop production operations, interculture operation
has prime importance for the proper growth and
yield of crops. Traditionally, this operation
requires more inputs in term of the labour and
energy which results in high cost of operation.
Traditional interculture operation is fatigue
prone with very low in-situ moisture conservation.
During interculture operation crops are damaged
sometimes by traditional method. Self propelled
inter-row cultivator is the highly efficient
machine which removes weeds effectively with
proper soil tilt required for growth of crops.
The self propelled inter row cultivator is enable
to work in any row spacing of all stages of
crop growing with control on the working depth
in soil. |
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| Recommendation |
It
is recommended to use Self Propelled Inter-row
Cultivator for Interculture operations of all
crops. |
| Year of Release |
2008 |
| Applications |
For Interculture operations
of all crops. |
| Advantages |
Low
operation and maintenance cost. It helps in
moisture conservation as it does not invert
the soil during weeding operation. |
| Economics |
Cost
of operation is Rs. 170 to 250 per hectare according
to crop. Saving in cost over traditional interculture
operation is 40 to 70 per cent with ease in
operation. |
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| Name of
Technology : PDKV Self Propelled Tiller cum BBF marker |
| Crop |
Kharif &
Rabi crops |
| Background |
Tilling
the soil in cloddy field as well as in orchards
is generally done by bullock drawn ploughs which
is drudgerous and time consuming. There is difficulty
for the bullocks to work in the orchards and
the quality of work done by traditional methods
is less because of the restriction of the movement
of bullocks to every corner of the field |
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| Recommendation |
PDKV
developed power tool bar operated tiller is
recommended for tillage in cloddy field, orchard
and for marking broad bed furrow (BBF). |
| Year of Release |
2009 |
| Applications |
For tilling the soil in
cloddy fields, orchard and for marking broad bed
furrow (BBF) at a same time can be possible saving
time and cost of operation. |
| Advantages |
Low
operation and maintenance cost. Depth of cut
set prior to operation in all cases was observed
equals to the set depth. The actual field capacity
was found as 0.137 ha/h with 79.5 % field efficiency.
The actual field capacity of tiller attachment
for BBF formation was found to be 0.46 ha/h
with field efficiency of 79 % |
| Economics |
The
operational cost was Rs. 783/- per hectare.
The cost of operation for BBF formation was
found to be 280 Rs./ha. |
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| Name of
Technology : Tractor operated PDKV Slasher |
| Crop |
Kharif &
Rabi crops |
| Background |
The
cotton is the major crop of vidarbha region,
after harvesting the cotton stalks/ plants need
to be immediately uprooted to avoid the loss
of moisture and nutrients from the soil due
to standing crop. Most of the stalks are uprooted
by using manual fork or use of tractor operated
V-blade/ duckfoot cultivator. The uprooted stalks
collection their transportation and storage
are very tedious and labour intensive operation. |
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| Recommendation |
PDKV
developed tractor operated Slasher is recommended
for slashing of standing crop residue. |
| Year of Release |
2009 |
| Applications |
Slashing
of standing crop residues of all the crops.
Disintegration and incorporation of crop residue
can be done easily by rotavator. |
| Advantages |
Low
operation and maintenance cost. The average
actual field capacity is 0.533 ha/h. Average
fuel consumption is 7.52 lit/ha. The average
field efficiency of the slasher is 83.44 %. |
| Economics |
The
cost of operation was Rs. 346/- per ha. Cost
saving was 76.5 % over traditional method. |
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| Name of
Technology : PDKV Manual Drip Lateral Coiler |
| Crop |
Grain, fiber
and orchard |
| Background |
In
drip irrigation system when the season of the
crop have ended then it is necessary to collect
the lateral from the field. The collection of
the lateral from the field is a very tedious
work. Sometime collection affect on the lateral
by means of breakage etc. The traditional collection
of the lateral from the field require the more
labour and the time. To reduce the drudgery
in such operation PDKV Manual Drip Lateral Coiler
is the effective technology for the collection
of lateral from the field. |
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| Recommendation |
It
is recommended to use PDKV Manual Drip Lateral
Coiler. |
| Year of Release |
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| Applications |
For
coiling and de-coiling of drip lateral. |
| Advantages |
Easy
to transport and ease in operation. It cover
the lateral area of 0.6 ha in one hour when
use as coiler by using two human labours. |
| Economics |
Saving
in collection cost and time of lateral. |
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| Name of
Technology : PDKV Disintegrator Machine |
| Crop |
Crop residue |
| Background |
This
machine is useful for the disintegration of
the crop residue after the post harvest operation.
The disintegrated crop residues when kept with
moisture for the 45 days easily convert in to
organic manure or vermi compost. |
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| Recommendation |
It
recommended to use PDKV Disintegrator Machine
for crop residue disintegration. |
| Year of Release |
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| Applications |
For
organic manure preparation
Vermi compost.
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| Advantages |
Capacity
of 180 to 200 kg/ha.
Available in single/three phase three hp electrical
motor.
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| Economics |
Saving
in cost of production of organic manure. |
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| Name of
Technology : PKV modified serrated disc plough for preparation
of hard paddy land |
| Crop |
Paddy |
| Background |
The
problem of land preparation after harvest of
paddy has always been raised by the farmers
of rice growing areas. The soil becomes very
hard due to loss of moisture and is very difficult
to till the land with conventional bullock drawn
implements like desi plough, harrow etc. It
is reported that even tractor operated MB plough
could not be operated in this condition and
it is needed to evolve some strategy for land
preparation in paddy for rabi crop. |
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| Recommendation |
It
is recommended to use PKV modified serrated
disc plough for preparation of hard paddy land
by the farmers |
| Year of Release |
2004 |
| Applications |
for
preparation of hard paddy land by the farmers
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| Advantages |
Time
saving, better performance than conventional
tractor drawn disc plough. Depth of operation
achieved by modified plough and conventional
disc plough were 12.3 cm and 8.2 cm respectively.
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| Economics |
Cost
of operation is Rs. 2185/-per ha and fuel consumption
is 3.2 lit/h. |
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| Name of
Technology : PKV serrated sickle for paddy |
| Crop |
Paddy |
| Background |
Harvesting
of crop is generally a manual operation in vidarbha
region. Among the hand tools which are used
for harvesting the sickle is one of the important
tool used by farmers. Since long ago, due to
its easy operation, low cost easy availability,
simplicity in construction, can be manufactured
by village artisans and its versatility. Due
to poor economic condition and small land holdings
majority of farmers are still using sickles
for harvesting purpose. |
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| Recommendation |
It
is recommended to use PKV serrated sickle for
harvesting of paddy crop. |
| Year of Release |
2005 |
| Applications |
Serrated
blade sickle is found efficient for harvesting
paddy crop closer to the ground, reduces harvesting
time, human labour and drudgery while harvesting.
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| Advantages |
Serrated
blade sickle requires less cutting energy
to cut the stem than plain blade sickle.
Cost of harvesting is less as compared to
other sickles.
It works satisfactorily in the field.
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| Economics |
Harvesting
efficiency and field capacity was 87% and 0.0115
ha/h respectively, cutting energy was found
to be 0.0841 kg-m. |
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| Name of
Technology : Tractor operated cotton up rooter for removal
of cotton stalks |
| Crop |
Cotton |
| Background |
Cotton
is essentially grown as kharif crop in vidarbha
region. After the harvest of crop, the cotton
stalks needs to be removed immediately from
the field. The collection of the cotton stalks,
their transportation and disposal is tedious
and labour intensive operation. Different methods
are adopted by the farmers for this purpose. |
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| Recommendation |
Tractor
operated cotton up rooter is recommended for
removal of cotton stalks. |
| Year of Release |
2003 |
| Applications |
For
up rooting the cotton stalks after harvesting.
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| Advantages |
It
up roots cotton stalks at 10-14 cm depth.
The width of operation is 130-140 cm which covers
two rows at 90 cm row spacing.
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| Economics |
The
cost of operation was found to be Rs.1075 to
Rs.1164 per ha for 60 cm row spacing and Rs.778
per ha for 90 cm row spacing. |
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| Name of
Technology : PKV Cutter |
| Crop |
Sugarcane,
Jawar and Maize |
| Background |
This
equipment is use for dual purpose.
I) Traditionally sugarcane set is being cut
manually with the help of KYOTA. To reduce drudgery
with increase efficiency in set cutting operation
the said cutter is developed.
II) Small and Marginal farmer having one or
two cattle feeds them by cutting forage in one
or two pieces with the help of sickle. Cattle
don’t consume long piece of forage which
results in 40 percent wastage of costly forage.
This equipment helps in making small pieces
(Kutti) of the forage.
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| Recommendation |
It
recommended to use PKV CUTTER for making sugarcane
set and forage cutting operation. |
| Year of Release |
2007 |
| Applications |
To
use sugarcane set cum forage cutter for reduce
drudgery with increase efficiency for making
sugarcane set and for making small pieces of
forage.
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| Advantages |
i)
Reduction in drudgery
ii) Increase number of sets per hour
iii) Ease in making small piece of forage(Kutti)
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| Economics |
Saving
in time. |
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