Economics of Harvesting and Threshing of Wheat and Paddy in Northern India

Authors

  • S S Ahuja Sr. Agril. Engg cum Head. Department of Farm Power and Machinery, PAU, Ludhiana. Author
  • Pramod Rikhi Research Associate, Depll. of Farm Power & Machinery. PA U. Ludhiana Author
  • Baldev Dogra Research Engineer, Department of Farm Power and Machinery, PA U, Ludhiana. Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52151/jae2007442.1252

Abstract

Harvesting and threshing of wheat and paddy is the major labour intensive fam operation. Migratory labour normally from UP and Bihar has been involved. However, combining has been introduced on large scale in Northern India. Combining intensity for wheat and paddy crops worked out to be 43.05 and 58.07 per cent respectively for the Northern India. Combine harvested wheat fields require clearing ofthe field by use ofstraw combines, whereas paddy straw is normally burnt except in case of basmati varieties.

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JAEI Vol. 44 No. 2 2007

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Published

2007-06-30

Issue

Vol. 44 No. 2 (2007)

Section

Regular Issue

How to Cite

S S Ahuja, Pramod Rikhi, & Baldev Dogra. (2007). Economics of Harvesting and Threshing of Wheat and Paddy in Northern India. Journal of Agricultural Engineering (India), 44(2), 14-19. https://doi.org/10.52151/jae2007442.1252