PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF HAND HELD CROP CUTTER USED IN WHEAT AND RICE HARVESTING

BIKASH SARKAR¹*, U. KUMAR², N. CHANDRA³, J.S. MISHRA⁴, B.P. BHATT^5
1Department ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, ICAR Parisar, P.O: B.V College, Patna-800 014, Bihar, India
²Department ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, ICAR Parisar, P.O: B.V College, Patna-800 014, Bihar, India
³Department ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, ICAR Parisar, P.O: B.V College, Patna-800 014, Bihar, India
⁴Department ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, ICAR Parisar, P.O: B.V College, Patna-800 014, Bihar, India
⁵Department ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, ICAR Parisar, P.O: B.V College, Patna-800 014, Bihar, India
* Corresponding Author : bikas_sarkar2003@yahoo.com

Received : 08-03-2016     Accepted : 10-04-2016     Published : 14-06-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 20       Pages : 1364 - 1365
Int J Agr Sci 8.20 (2016):1364-1365

Keywords : Crop cutter, Rice harvester, wheat harvester and brush cutter
Academic Editor : Sinha Bireswar
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

In this study, harvesting of rice and wheat using crop cutter was evaluated. Results showed that the field capacity of crop cutter was 2.44 times higher than the manual operation. The labour requirement was 32.74 and 149.25 man-hr/ha for crop cutter and manual operation, respectively. In case of wheat, the field capacity of crop cutter was 2.23 times greater than manual harvesting and labour involvement was 23.20 and 115.74 man-hr/ha for crop cutter and manual operation, respectively. The cost of wheat harvesting operation for one hectare was Rs. 2,340.40/ in case of crop cutter and Rs. 3,750/- for manual operation. Whereas in rice harvesting the cost was Rs. 2,464.28/- for crop cutter and Rs. 5,596.87/- for manual operation, respectively.