9 research outputs found
Design and Development of Motorised Wire loop Paddy Thresher for Hilly Region
No full textA light weight power operated paddy thresher with blower has been designed and developed as an improvement over pedal type paddy thresher. The machine consists of a basic frame, threshing cylinder, blower, prime mover, power transmission unit and a grain shield. Overall dimensions of the thresher are 850x750 x750 mm (lxbxh) and total weight excluding the prime mover is about 50 kg. Two persons are required to undertake the threshing operation. The threshing cylinder and prime mover can be easily detached (if necessary) from the frame to enable easy transportation of the thresher in hilly areas. The total grain output capacity is about 200 kg/hr and threshing efficiency is 98.5%. There is about 80% saving in labour requirement and 74% saving in cost of threshing operation as compared to pedal type paddy thresher
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No full textAnnual Report of ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology (ICAR-CIRCOT)Not AvailableNot Availabl
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No full textNot AvailableNIASM, the unique institute of ICAR, was set up on 21 February, 2009 at Baramati representing the
rain shadow area after the Sahyadri Ranges frequented by famine calamities. The 56.5 ha of barren
land allotted to the institute was having shallow 0.1–0.3 m murrum soil with parental basaltic rock.
With the objective of developing a "Model Research Farm" for demonstrating soil and water
conservation technologies and for multi-disciplinary and multi-commodity basic and strategic
research on abiotic stressors, the work started with a generation of a contour map. The land has
relatively steeper slopes (4%) towards east from the central peak while it is sloping gently (1.8%)
towards south. Since there was hardly any soil on the surface, the land development presented a
gigantic challenge.
The research farm was designed for an area of 40 ha based on scientific considerations like
watersheds, natural drainage pattern, topography, contour map and layout of various buildings etc.
The south side farm (16 ha) is divided into six blocks which are sub-divided into 37
rectangular/trapezoidal plots including agro-met observatory and fish ponds. Since the acquired
land was a rocky (basalt) terrain devoid of any vegetation, this was blasted, ripped and levelled with
the help of heavy machinery support from the Irrigation Dept., Maharashtra. Locally available spent
wash was applied to further pulverize the gravelly murrum. The plots were then finally leveled with
front dozer tractors. Since the virgin soils were still gravelly and low in fertility (OC 0.07%; Av-P 0.5
kg/ha), heavy additions (30-40 brass/acre) of spent mushroom substrate/ FYM were made. In
addition, 2.7 ha area has been filled-in by transporting black/tank silt soil. North-east side farm (8 ha;
initially 4% slope) has been developed into three blocks of five terraces (width 35-38 m) while 4 ha
of north-west side farm including a water balancing tank has been developed into two blocks having
7 research plots. Research activities to evolve long lasting solutions for the adverse impacts of abiotic
stresses on crop production, livestock and fisheries have been initiated on south-farm. Both the northeast
and north-west farms have been put under orchards to address edaphic stress and drought
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