Abstract
Front line demonstration on machine transplanting of rice were organised in Telangana state. A total of 20 Front Line demonstrations were organized in 20 ha. Best management practices of Rice production were demonstrated for getting higher net returns in both machine transplanted rice and manual transplanted rice. The demonstrations got yield of 6874 kg/ha. The manual transplanting recorded an average of 6530 kg/ha. Average cost of cultivation, gross returns, net returns and benefit cost ratio of machine transplanted rice was recorded as Rs. 49474/ha, 13090/ha, 81435/ha and 2.7 respectively over the manual transplanting Rs.54138/ha, Rs.124528/ha, Rs.70391 and 2.3. Machine transplanting of rice is the successful technology for reaping higher returns to overcome labour shortage and for timely transplanting.
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