| Author | Ampon Chumpia |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. AE-87-19 |
| Subject(s) | Rice--Planting--Economic aspects
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | The system of machinery in wetland farming was formulated and tested
in the West-End project of AFE Division. Different machines were engaged in
three important operations of rice cultivation, namely, field preparation,
transplanting and harvesting. The performance of machines in terms of field
capacity, efficiency and fuel consumption were ana lyzed then compare to
manual operations accordingly. It was found that transplanting by 2 row and
4 row transplanter could speed up the operation about 13-20 times when
compared to manual transplanting.
In particular machine operation, machines in the same group were
compared to each other in terms of economics. BEA (break-even area)for
each machine was determined. BEA of different machines vary from 15-32 ha
per year in small machines and 123- 183 ha per year in bigger ones such as
4W tractor and combine harvester.
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| Year | 1987 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development |
| Department | Department of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (Former title: Department of Food Agriculture, and BioResources (DFAB)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Agricultural and Food Engineering (AE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Nielsen, Jens Moller
; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Singh, Gajendra ;Gee-Clough, D. ;Gartner, Joseph A. ; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Government of Australia ; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1987 |