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Demonstration of BRRI Developed Machinery at Farmer's Field

Dr. Md. Syedul Islam
Chief Scientific Officer and Head
Farm Machinery and Postharvest Technology Division, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Gazipur-1701

All divisional scientists
Farm Machinery and Postharvest Technology Division Bangladesh Rice Research Institute Gazipur-1701

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

In the year of 2007-08 a total of 35 demonstration and training programmes were conducted at different places of the country. As a result, awareness was created among the farmers on the benefit of using of BRRI farm machinery and post harvest losses was reduced by a reasonable amount through the use of machinery. Beside this, FMPHT Division participated in three agricultural machinery fair in the different districts during 2008.

Keywords: Thresher, Reaper, Winnower

Location: Gazipur, Comilla, Feni, Habiganj, Natore, Rangpur, Kushtia, Jessore, Madaripur, Mymensingh

Start Date: 00-00-2007

End Date: 00-00-2008

Program Area: Farm Mechanization

Commodity: Farm machineries

Objectives:

1. To disseminate BRRI developed farm machinery to the farmer's field.

2. To create awareness among the farmers toward farm machinery use.

3. To minimize pre and post harvest losses through mechanization.

4 To improve the operational skill of the farmers on the use of farm machinery.

Methodology:

Selection of sites was made on the basis of the following criteria: • Easily accessible. • High cropping intensity area. • Scarcity of farm laborer and rice-wheat-rice cropping pattern. • Thresher (Open drum, TH-7), Power tiller mounted reaper. Winnower and weeder were demonstrated to the farmers field during crop production seasons of T. aman, wheat, boro and T. aus. Method of demonstration cum training At each programme, altogether 30 participants mostly farmers including male and female were invited as trainee for a day long demonstration cum training programme. DAE officials, NGO workers, local elite, manufacturers and machinery operators were also present in the programme. DAE officials were also invited to motivate the farmers towards mechanization. Introductory sessions were arranged to familiarize with machines and its performance, unit price, profitability over traditional practices, operation, repair and maintenance of the machines. Machines were operated before the participants for about 1-2 hours. Most of the trainee operated the demonstrated machines one by one. Discussion session was arranged to collect participant’s reaction on the prospects and drawbacks of the machines.

Source of Information: BRRI Annual Research Review 2007-08

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Funding Source:

1. Government

Budget:

Total Budget (Tk.) :

Achievement/Findings:

The awareness among the farmers on the benefit of using BRRI farm machinery was created through the demonstration and training programme. Nowadays, more farmers have been using BRRI machines including weeder, thresher and winnower. As a result, the use of agricultural machinery has been increasing day by day.

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