Development of Appropriate Farm Power-Machinery Usage Model for Custom Hiring in an Irrigated ...

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Development of Appropriate Farm Power-Machinery Usage
Model for Custom Hiring in an Irrigated Catchment Area

SHYAM NATH

DIVISION OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
NEW DELHI -110012
2012
Development of Appropriate Farm Power-Machinery Usage
Model for Custom Hiring in an Irrigated Catchment Area
A Thesis
By
SHYAM NATH

Submitted to the Faculty of Post-Graduate School,
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY
IN
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
2012

Approved by the Advisory Committee:
Chairman : ____________________________
(Dr. Dipankar De)
Co-Chairman : ____________________________
(Dr. Indra Mani)
Member : ____________________________
(Dr. Tauqueer Ahmad)
Member : ____________________________
(Mr. Shashi Bhushan Lal)
Member : ____________________________
(Dr. Alka Singh)
Division of Agricultural Engineering, Dr. Dipankar De
IARI, New Delhi – 12. Principal Scientist
(Farm Power and Equipment)

CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the thesis entitled “Development of Appropriate Farm Power-
Machinery Usage Model for Custom Hiring in an Irrigated Catchment Area”, submitted
to the Faculty of the Post-Graduate School, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New
Delhi, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF
TECHONLOGY in AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING embodies the results of bona
fide research work carried out by Mr. SHYAM NATH under my guidance and
supervision. No part of this thesis has been submitted for any other degree or diploma.
It is further certified that any help or source of information that has been availed of
in this connection has been duly acknowledged by him.

Date: 8th Oct. 2012 (Dr. Dipankar De)
Place: New Delhi Chairman Advisory Committee
Dedicated to

Indian Farming
Community
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and
knowledge.”
It is my proud privilege to express my deep sense of gratitude and
indebtedness to my mentor Dr. Dipankar De, Principal scientist, Division of
Agricultural Engineering, and chairman of my advisory committee for his inspiring
and sagacious guidance, affectionate encouragement, congenial discussions,
compassionate initiation and able counsel during the course of this investigation. He
had been very kind to me in extending all possible help as well as in the preparation
of this manuscript.
I express my deep sense of gratitude and indebtedness to Dr. Indra Mani,
Principal Scientist as Co-Chairman of my advisory committee for his encouragement,
cooperation at every level and providing facilities for the completion of research
work. My sincere and humble thanks to Dr. D. V. K. Samuel, Head and Professor,
Division of Agricultural Engineering, for providing me necessary facilities throughout
the study.
I am equally indebted to members of my advisory committee, Dr. Tauqueer
Ahmad, Principal Scientist IASRI, New Delhi, Mr. Shashi Bhushan Lal, Senior
Scientist, Division of Computer Application IASRI, New Delhi and Dr. Alka Singh
Agricultural Economics division for going through this manuscript and providing
valuable critics during the course of study.
I gratefully acknowledge the help and inspiration received from Dr. P. K.
Sahoo, Principal Scientist, Dr. Adarsh Kumar, Principal Scientist, Dr. J. K. Singh,
Principal Scientist, Dr. S. S. Tomar, principal scientist, Er. M. S. Kalra, Principal
Scientist, Dr. Tapan Khura, Senior Scientist, Er. Satish Lande, Scientist, Division of
Agricultural Engineering, IARI, New Delhi.
The support and suggestion obtained from Dr. T. B. S. Rajput, Dr. Ranjan
Shrivastava, Er. Amar Singh, Dr. D. K. Singh, Dr. A. K. Mishra, Dr. M. Hasan, Dr.
Sarangi, Dr. J. K. Sinha and other faculty of the division of agricultural engineering
were of immense help in my research work and are gratefully acknowledged.
I give my immense pleasure to express my thanks to Mr. Ashwini Kumar
Sharma, Library and Solar Energy Lab assistance. Rao ji Technician, Rawat ji, I also
express my thanks to the staff and workers of Division of Agricultural Engineering,
for their assistance and cheering me during course of my research work.
I would specially like to thank my dear seniors Bhasker sir, Varun sir,
Janardhan sir, Vishal sir, Balraj sir, Ashutosh sir, Sunil sir, Vivek sir, Purshottam sir,
Manoj sir, Arun sir, Amol sir, Jyoti madam, Swagtika madam, Kirti madam, Deepak
sir, Sujit sir, Chetan sir, Siddanguada sir, Datta sir, Ragavendra sir, Ashish sir, my
dear friends Jitendra, Vishal, Muzamil, Saci, Sagar, Aslam, Rahul and all my juniors
during my course of study.
The financial help given by Post Graduate School of IARI and ICAR during
the course of this study is duly acknowledged. I would specially like to thank Dr. H. S.
Gaur, Dean, IARI, New Delhi for their moral support during thesis work.
I am thankful to my Baba, Dadi, Nana, Nani, papa, mummy, my brothers and
sisters for giving their love, affection, moral support, encouragement and blessing
have been giving me the strength to go ahead and achieve the goal.

Date : 8th Oct. 2012
Place : New Delhi (SHYAM NATH)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER TITLE Page No.
1 INTRODUCTION 1 - 5
2 BACKGROUND 6 - 16
3 GENERAL RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY 17 - 29
4 RESEARCH PAPER I 30 - 52
5 RESEARCH PAPER II 53 - 80
6 DISCUSSION 81 - 83
7 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 84 - 87
ABSTRACT 88 - 90
SAAR 91 - 92
BIBLIOGRAPHY i - v
APPENDICES vi - xlviii
LIST OF TABLES
Table No Title Page No.
4.1 Landholding versus tractor ownership pattern 38
Distribution of cropping system for Arnia and Jahangirabad
4.2 40
block
4.3 Distribution of cropping system for BB Nagar and Siyana block 42
Distribution of available tractor power (hp) and farm area in
4.4 42
study area
4.5 Availability and Use pattern of implements 45
4.6 Frequency of implement used in different crops in study area 45
4.7 Tractor use pattern under different categories in study area 46
Season-wise average use hours of different implements in BB
4.8 47
Nagar and Siyana
Season-wise average use hours of different implements in
4.9 48
Jahangirabad and Arnia
4.10 Percentage use of tractor for transportation in study area 49
Use patterns of tractors on custom hiring
4.11 49
4.12 Custom hiring (Rs.h-1) rates in study area 50
5.1 Selected size of tractor and machinery for different farm sizes 66
Future price, total depreciation, remaining value of machine and
5.2 71
annual depreciation charge
Timeliness cost for major operation in paddy-wheat crop
5.3 73
rotation system
Predicted shortfall between tractor power requirement and
5.4 77
availability in different Blocks
Tractor power requirement for different implements in light, 78
5.5
medium and heavy soil

5.6 Custom Hiring Charges 79
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure No. Title Page No.
1.1 Total Major Farm Equipment in India 1
1.2 Indian Agriculture Equipment Market 4
3.1 Selected blocks of Bulandshahr district for sample survey 18
4.1 Tractor Population in Uttar Pradesh 32
4.2 Area, population, irrigated area, households in selected blocks
of Bulandshahr district 37
4.3
Variation of cropping pattern in Arnia and Jahangirabad
41
4.4 Variation cropping Pattern of BB Nagar and Siyana Blocks 41
4.5 Tractor power availability in the selected regions 43
4.6 Crop-wise use of Tractor in Arnia and Jahangirabad 43
4.7 Crop-wise use of Tractor in BB Nagar and Siyana 44
5.1 Description of custom Hiring DSS for selection of tractor,
implement and providing required information 59
5.2 Data used in the model for optimum selection and farm
planning information and their relationship for farm planning 61
5.3 Flow chart for machinery owner 64
5.4 Flow Chart for machinery customer 65
5.5 Home screen of the developed DSS custom hiring 68
5.6 Screen for providing the information of machinery owner and
type of machinery into database 68
5.7 Input and output screen for calculation of size of disc harrow
and its matching tractor using DSS 69
5.8 Screen for selection of tractor according to optimum width 69
5.9 Screen for consideration of inflation in depreciation analysis of
farm equipment 70
5.10 Screen for calculation of repair and maintenance cost of tractor 70
5.11 Repair and maintenance cost of machinery according to use hours 73
5.12 Screen for calculation of total cost of operation, BEP and
suggestion regarding custom hiring of machinery using DSS 74
5.13 Relationship between speed of operation and cost of ploughing 74
5.14 Screen for calculation of timeliness cost 75
5.15 Screen for energy requirement 75
5.16 Window for optimum power requirement 77