Agricultural Mechanization Division

Agricultural Mechanization Division

	Crop establishment and protection
	Mechanization of horticultural crops
	Conservation Agriculture
	Harvesting, threshing and straw management
	Precision Farming
	Ergonomics and Safety in Agriculture

Ongoing Research Activities

Impact assessment of agricultural engineering innovations and NAIP project(s)

Precision Farming Technologies Based On Micro Processor And Decision Support Systems For Enhancing Input Application Efficiency In Production Agriculture (NAIP Component)

Tillage And Manure Interactive Effects On Soil Aggregates Dynamics, Soil Organic Carbon Accumulation And By Pass Flow In Vertisols

Development / Adaptation Of Deep Tillage Equipment For Hardpan Management For In-Situ Water Conservation And Nutrient Uptake In Dryland Crop Cultivation

Development Of Efficient Spraying System To Reduce Spray Losses

Development of spectral reflectance based prototype of variable rate urea application system for top dressing in rice and wheat crops.

Adoption and impact assessment of agricultural machinery for resource conservation for permanent bed cultivation of cereals, pulses and oilseeds

Study of status of conservation agricultural machines developed/ adopted in India and demonstration of selected machineries in village

Development of pre-emergence weedicide / herbicide strip applicator as an attachment to sowing devices for wide spaced crops

Design, development and performance evaluation of tractor operated mechanical harvester for ginger

Measurement of draft requirement of selected farm implements operating in vertisol for tractor implement matching.

Refinement and adoption of header unit of combine harvesters for harvesting of soybean to reduce header losses

Development of platform type fruits harvesting system for mango, sapota and citrus [Under the Program Harvesting Systems for Fruits and Plantation Crops ]

XI Plan Significant Achievements

Laboratories and Equipment

Tillage and Traction

This lab has been established to conduct various laboratory studies on soil bin and tillage and traction activities. The laboratory has been equipped with sensor based soil bin system.

Seeding and Planting

This lab has been established to conduct various laboratory studies on seeding equipment and mechanism related to seeding machinery. The lab has setup for study of seed and fertilizer flow. The lab is equipped with seed germination, seed moisture meter, and infra-red soil moisture meter in addition to regular ovens for determination of moisture content of grains, soil and plant materials.

Plant Protection

Plant protection laboratory has setup for hydraulic sprayer nozzles testing under simulated working condition. Apart from these standard patternator, circular patternator, nozzle wear rig, spectrophotometer, etc. are also available to test nozzles, their droplet size and its distribution, etc. It also consists of various types of plant protection appliances used in India and abroad. The lab consist of the setup for nozzle testing.

Field Plot Machinery

This laboratory has facilities for design, fabrication and testing of field plot machinery. Test set ups for pneumatic seed planting and seed distribution using Oyjord system has been developed. The Laboratory is equipped with Plot aeromat, self propelled Oyjord plot drill, nursery master elite combine, Hege 125-B plot combine, Hege 33 fertilizer distributor, Numigral seed counter, and TRM precision planter.

Ergonomics

This laboratory provide the facilities to study the relationship between a person, his occupational workplace and working environment. This laboratory has state of the art anthropometric and bio-mechanics equipment such as computerized ergometer, computerized treadmill, Metamax II ambulatory measurement system, strength measurement system, 3-D digitizer and ride vibration and noise measurement equipment Facilities are also available to carry out studies on various environmental stress agents i.e. vibration, noise, dust and temperature affecting human performance at the work place.

Animal Energy

Animal Energy Laboratory has been developed for performance testing of animal -machine system for crop production, post harvest and rural transport operations. The laboratory has animal loading car, animal treadmill, LIX micrologger and associated instrumentation system for measurement of engineering and physiological parameters for animal work performance in terms of energy output and fatigue. This helps in simulated laboratory and field studies on draught ability, work-rest cycles and fatigue of draught animals.

Training Programme (International)

Sr. No.

Title of Course

Duration

Course Fee

Participants

Machinery for Mechanization of Rice Cultivation

2 weeks

$ 1000 per week

Research/teaching/extension personnel/test engineers/scientists from universities and research institutes.

Field Plot Machinery for Mechanization of Field Research

2 weeks

$ 1000 per week

Research/teaching/testing/extension personnel engaged in field plot machinery

Training Programme (National)

Sr. No.	Title of Course	Duration	Participants
1.	Power tiller operated agricultural machinery	2 Week	SMS/Technicians from industry, extension workers.
3	Biasi rice mechanization machinery	2 Week	SMS/Technicians from industry, extension workers
4	Machinery for rice cultivation	One Week	SMS/Technicians from industry, extension workers
5	Machinery for seedbed preparation and land leveling.	One Week	SMS/Technicians from industry, extension workers
6	Machinery for seeding & planting.	One Week	SMS/Technicians from industry, extension workers
7	Machinery for cultivation of vegetable crops.	One Week	SMS/Technicians from industry, extension workers
8	Harvesting and threshing machinery	One Week	SMS/Technicians from industry, extension workers
9	Safety in use and operation various agricultural machinery.	One Week	SMS/Technicians from industry, extension workers
10	Machinery for cotton cultivation.	One Week	SMS/Technicians from industry, extension workers
11	Machinery for experimental plots	One Week	SMS/Technicians from industry, extension workers

N.B. Please contact Head, AMD for the above training programmes