DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF RICE PLANTING MACHINE

Abstract

The ultimate aim of agriculture or farming in India is not only limited to growing of crops but is also associated with the economic growth of farmers and labours. Rice is one of the staple food crops of our country. Basically in India establishment of rice depends on the availability of moisture, climatic condition, age of the variety, availability of inputs & human labour. Mechanization in agricultural sector is advancing in developing countries like India. Rice is a labour-intensive crop and requires about 80-90 labour days per acre. Timely availability of labour and water for various activities of rice is becoming a problem. Hence to overcome these issues there is a need of mechanization in the field of rice cultivation by using rice transplanter as major tool in this process. There is also need for designing and developing an economical and user friendly rice transplanter for small scale farmers in order to increase the production as well as the quality of rice.In this project manual rice planting machine along with their merits and demerits has been discussed by studying various aspects of transplantation related to rice and its field performance which are beneficial to the society and farmers. A rice transplanter is specialized equipment best fitted to transplant rice seedlings on the wet muddy paddy field. This project is focussed on developing a machine which addresses labour problems faced by small scale farmers. The newly developed rice planting machine, can harvest up to two rows of paddy at a time.