| Author | Awan, Ahmad Naeem |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. AE-87-47 |
| Subject(s) | Tractors--Pakistan
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Field data about tractor use was collected for various
tractors in 1 9 districts of Pakistan. 53 tractor owners were
interviewed for evaluation of their tractor use for different
farm operations and extent of their commercial use on the road as
haulage vehicles.
On an average, annual use of a tractor was found to be 1300
hours. Out of this, on an average only 600 hours were used for
agricultural operation s including transportation and threshing.
On an average 700 hours were used for commercial custom hiring on
roads, which is 54 % of the total annual use of the tractor. The
tractors are mainly used for hauling construction materials, like
bricks, cement, sand, earth, gravel , premix, paper, wood and
steel.
The cost per hour and the cost per crop area decreased with
higher annual use . Farm income and costs of tractor operations
were compared and it was found that 32 % of the farmers were
running at a loss from the use of the tractors on the farm.
The commercial income and tractor costs on commercial hiring
were also equated. On a n average the farmers were generating
about 38 % of profit over the cost of tractor operations.
The over all net income in a year was found roughly 46 % of
the total cost of tractor operations. |
| Year | 1987 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Agricultural and Food Engineering (AE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Gee-Clough, D. ;Singh, Gajendra |
| Examination Committee(s) | Gupta, Chandra P. |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | The Royal Government of Netherlands |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1987 |