The document describes several agricultural machines that were developed to address various issues in Pakistani agriculture. These include reaper-windrowers, groundnut diggers and threshers, zero-tillage drills, fertilizer band placement drills for wheat, high capacity rice threshers, wheat straw chopper-blowers, pneumatic row crop planters, mobile seed processing units, mobile flat-bed dryers for sunflower, seeders for wheat and rice, wheat-cum-canola threshers, small-scale olive oil extraction units, in-bin seed drying and storage technology, milking machines, wood chipper shredders, mechanical mango harvesters, small seed graders, and mobile sisal dec
The document describes several agricultural machines that were developed to address various issues in Pakistani agriculture. These include reaper-windrowers, groundnut diggers and threshers, zero-tillage drills, fertilizer band placement drills for wheat, high capacity rice threshers, wheat straw chopper-blowers, pneumatic row crop planters, mobile seed processing units, mobile flat-bed dryers for sunflower, seeders for wheat and rice, wheat-cum-canola threshers, small-scale olive oil extraction units, in-bin seed drying and storage technology, milking machines, wood chipper shredders, mechanical mango harvesters, small seed graders, and mobile sisal dec
The document describes several agricultural machines that were developed to address various issues in Pakistani agriculture. These include reaper-windrowers, groundnut diggers and threshers, zero-tillage drills, fertilizer band placement drills for wheat, high capacity rice threshers, wheat straw chopper-blowers, pneumatic row crop planters, mobile seed processing units, mobile flat-bed dryers for sunflower, seeders for wheat and rice, wheat-cum-canola threshers, small-scale olive oil extraction units, in-bin seed drying and storage technology, milking machines, wood chipper shredders, mechanical mango harvesters, small seed graders, and mobile sisal dec
Issue: Un-availability of labour and low harvesting capacity
Units Manufactured: 51000
Financial Benefit to Farmer: Rs 1600/acre Impact: Rs 7378 million/annum benefit to country Ground-nut Digger Issue: Un-availability of groundnut digging machine
Capacity of machine: 0.70 acres/hour
Units Manufactured: 2050 Operating cost : Rs 1690/acre Ground-nut Thresher Issues: Un-availability of groundnut threshing machine
Capacity of machine: 1200 kg/hour
Units Manufactured: 2050 Operating cost : Rs. 1700/acre Zero-Tillage Drill Issues: Late sowing of wheat
Capacity of machine: 1.2 acre/hr
Units Manufactured: 25 Impact: Saving of Rs. 6000/acre Fertilizer Band Placement Drill for Wheat Issues: Wastage of fertilizer in broadcasting Capacity of machine: 1.3 acres/hour Units Manufactured: 6000 Operating cost : Rs. 1700/acre Impact:40 kg DAP/acre (50% less than broadcasting) Benefit: Rs 5230/acre High Capacity Rice Thresher Issues: Un-availability of rice threshing technology Capacity of machine: 1.3 acres/hour Units Manufactured: 5800 Operating cost : Rs. 2640/acre Impact: reduces the threshing season from 4 months Benefit: Rs. 3840/acre, Rs. 0.88 million/season Wheat Straw Chopper-cum-Blower Issues: To collect the wheat straw after using combine harvester Capacity of machine: 400-600 kg/hr Units Manufactured: 2000 Operating cost : Rs. 2750/acre Impact: Rs. 820 million/annum Pneumatic Row Crop Planter Issues: manual planting is laborious and time consuming
Capacity of machine: 1.2 acre/hr
Units Manufactured: 100 Operating cost : Rs. 1500/acre Impact: plant population can be maintained Mobile Seed Processing Unit Issues: Unavailability of seed cleaning and grading technology Capacity of machine: 1 tonne/hr Operating cost : Rs. 1000/tonne Impact: Rs. 2000/tonne saving as compared to traditional method Mobile Flat-bed Dryer for Sunflower Issues: Unavailability of seed dryers
Capacity of machine: 0.75 tonne/hr
Impact: It can dry 1.3 tons of canola from 23% moisture content to 12% in 1.75 hours. It is also capable to dry 1.3 tons of sunflower in 3 hours from 35% M.C. to 12%. Seeder for Wheat and Rice Issues: Unavailability of wheat seeder for sowing in rice stubbles Material handling capacity: 10 tonnes/hectare Cost of operation: 1200/acre Wheat–cum–Canola Thresher Issues: Capacity of machine: 460 kg/hr Operating cost : Rs. 1550/tonne Impact: Rs. 28450/tonne saving as compared to traditional method Small-Scale Olive Oil Extraction Unit Issues: Unavailability of olive oil extraction machine
Capacity of machine: 40 kg olives/hr
Operating cost : Rs. 12/kg In-bin Seed Drying, Aeration and Storage Technology Issues: Unavailability of mobile seed drying technology
Loading capacity: 15 ton paddy
Moisture reduction: 5 % from 20.5 to 15.5 % in 48 hour Operational cost: Rs. 1500/- per ton of paddy seed Milking Machine Issues: Unavailability of milking machine
Capacity of machine: 0.807 liters/minute
Operating cost : Rs. 0.50 per liter Impact: Adaptation and commercialization of a tractor PTO operated wood chipper shredder Issues: Unavailability of wood chipping and shredding technology
Capacity of machine: 500 kg/hr
Operating cost : Rs. 300/hr Impact: labour requirement is reduced Mechanical Mango Harvester Issues: Unavailability of mango harvesting technology Capacity of machine: 550-700 kg/hr Operating cost : Rs. 500/hr Impact: labour requirement is reduced (6-8 person) Small Seed Grader Issues: Unavailability of seed grader from small farmers Capacity of machine: 150 kg/hr Units Manufactured: 6000 Operating cost : Rs. 1/kg Impact: labour requirement is reduced. It saves Rs. 3 per kg as compared to traditional cleaning methods Mobile Sisal Decorticator for Small-Scale Farmers in Pakistan Issues: Unavailability of sisal decortication machine Capacity of machine: 0.5 ton/h Sisal fiber production: 150 kg/day