Impact Assessment of Mechanical Transplantation in Cauvery Delta Districts of Tamil Nadu

During June 2015, the Government of Tamil Nadu implemented the “Kuruvai Season Special Assistance 2015 for Delta districts” programme to boost rice production. A study was conducted to assess the impact of machine transplanting, which was an important component of this special package. The comparati...

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Main Authors: Ravi Kumar Theodore, N Venkatesa Palanichamy, V Ravi
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Language:English
Published: Extension Education Society 2018-09-01
Series:Journal of Extension Education
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Online Access:https://extensioneducation.org/index.php/jee/article/view/230
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description During June 2015, the Government of Tamil Nadu implemented the “Kuruvai Season Special Assistance 2015 for Delta districts” programme to boost rice production. A study was conducted to assess the impact of machine transplanting, which was an important component of this special package. The comparative economics of conventional and machine planting revealed that yield increased by nearly 40.00 per cent; cost of cultivation decreased by 21.00 per cent; cost of production reduced by 43.00 per cent; and net returns increased by more than four times (448.00 %), over the manually planted fields. Farmers’ feedback on machine planting was very optimistic with all the beneficiaries expressing that they had opted for machine planting to overcome labour scarcity and to increase yields.
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spelling doaj.art-8d67be485ed24ede812dd7c2fbaa087e2022-12-21T20:11:56ZengExtension Education SocietyJournal of Extension Education0971-31232456-12822018-09-0129410.26725/JEE.2017.4.29.5945-5957130Impact Assessment of Mechanical Transplantation in Cauvery Delta Districts of Tamil NaduRavi Kumar Theodore0N Venkatesa Palanichamy1V Ravi2Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityTamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityTamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityDuring June 2015, the Government of Tamil Nadu implemented the “Kuruvai Season Special Assistance 2015 for Delta districts” programme to boost rice production. A study was conducted to assess the impact of machine transplanting, which was an important component of this special package. The comparative economics of conventional and machine planting revealed that yield increased by nearly 40.00 per cent; cost of cultivation decreased by 21.00 per cent; cost of production reduced by 43.00 per cent; and net returns increased by more than four times (448.00 %), over the manually planted fields. Farmers’ feedback on machine planting was very optimistic with all the beneficiaries expressing that they had opted for machine planting to overcome labour scarcity and to increase yields.https://extensioneducation.org/index.php/jee/article/view/230Impact assessmentMachine transplantingRiceCauvery delta zoneTamil Nadu
spellingShingle Ravi Kumar Theodore
N Venkatesa Palanichamy
V Ravi
Impact Assessment of Mechanical Transplantation in Cauvery Delta Districts of Tamil Nadu
Journal of Extension Education
Impact assessment
Machine transplanting
Rice
Cauvery delta zone
Tamil Nadu
title Impact Assessment of Mechanical Transplantation in Cauvery Delta Districts of Tamil Nadu
title_full Impact Assessment of Mechanical Transplantation in Cauvery Delta Districts of Tamil Nadu
title_fullStr Impact Assessment of Mechanical Transplantation in Cauvery Delta Districts of Tamil Nadu
title_full_unstemmed Impact Assessment of Mechanical Transplantation in Cauvery Delta Districts of Tamil Nadu
title_short Impact Assessment of Mechanical Transplantation in Cauvery Delta Districts of Tamil Nadu
title_sort impact assessment of mechanical transplantation in cauvery delta districts of tamil nadu
topic Impact assessment
Machine transplanting
Rice
Cauvery delta zone
Tamil Nadu
url https://extensioneducation.org/index.php/jee/article/view/230
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