| Author | Chaudhary, Amjad Pervez |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.AE-84-06 |
| Subject(s) | Agricultural machinery--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 & Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Three commercially available local made tractor front mounted reaper-windrowers (FMI, Ittefaq and AMRI) were field tested to measure and evaluate their performance on wheat crop, technical and economic feasibility under local agro-climatic conditions in Pakistan.
The average field capacity of the FMI reaper was 0.42 ha/hr when operating in low 2nd or 3rd gears of tractor. The average filed capacity of Ittefaq and AMRI reapers were found to be 0.39 ha/hr and 0.4 ha/hr respectively, when operating in low 2nd or 3rd gears. The total cost for reaping using mechanical reapers with tractor was Rs. 185.0/ha, Rs 214.0/ha and Rs. 209.0/ha for FMI, Ittefaq and AMRI reaper respectively. The cost of manual reaping was Rs. 268.0/ha The results indicate that the reaper performance was satisfactory, and economical for the farmers but from the actual field work and farmers' interviews who own these mechanical reapers, the time lost due to machine breakdowns (parts failure) was found to be a major problem at the farms. |
| Year | 1984 |
| 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) | Singh, Gajendra
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| Examination Committee(s) | Gee-Clough, D. ;Gupta, Chandra P.
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| Scholarship Donor(s) | Canadian international Development Agency (CIDA) , Canada |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1984 |