National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Adoption of Machine transplanting in rice helps to manage the drudgery in manual transplanting and also it is an ideal solution both in economic and environmental point of view. Hence, analysing the impact of machine transplanting in Cauvery delta districts was taken up during Kuruvai rice growing season. In Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Trichy, Ariyalur and Cuddalore are the Delta districts covered under Cauvery Delta Zone, in which Government of Tamil Nadu has implemented the Kuruvai Package for the farmers to boost up the production in Kuruvai cultivation during 2015. This impact study is pertaining to Cauvery Delta region under Cuddalore District. This study aims at to analysis the socio economic comparison in seedling production per acre, merits and demerits of machine transplanting in Cauvery delta zone. The focused research study revealed that majority of the farmers with the farming experience of 10 -30 years, cultivating major varieties viz., ASD 16, ADT 43 and Ponni reported the total cost of production in mat nursery method is much less than the conventional method and it saves 59 percentage in cost of production when compared to conventional method. Increased yield, reduced cost of cultivation, more area coverage, labour drudgery reduction, less effort in nursery maintenance, reduced seed cost, efficient labour management and timely planting are the major merits of machine transplanting.
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