Energy and economic assessment of manual and self-propelled rice transplanter

Abstract

The energy and economic investigating of self-propelled rice transplanter and manually method of rice transplanting in the area of Sonpur, Chhattisgarh. The energy consumption for rice transplanting calculated by the use of standard formulas and the cost economy intended with the standard method. The data was collected with the reference of the field performance of different method of rice cultivation. Self-propelled rice transplanter has consumed 210 MJ/ha energy whereas the manual method consumes 470 MJ/ha energy. The cost of rice transplanting was Rs. 1145 and Rs. 6000 for self-propelled and manually method respectively.