Sustainable Harvesting Methods for Wheat Crop: A Comparative Economic and Performance Analysis
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Food security, manual harvesting, self-propelled reaper binder, field capacity, grain losses, cost analysis.Abstract
This research paper addresses "Sustainable Harvesting Methods for Wheat Crop: A Comparative Economic and Performance Analysis," focusing on India's agricultural efficiency and food security. It compares traditional manual wheat harvesting using sickles with the modern self-propelled reaper binder harvester. Employing a completely randomized design, critical parameters like crop characteristics, crop condition, field capacity, field efficiency, grain losses, fuel consumption, and labor requirements were analyzed. Wheat crop characteristics observed included an average height of 73.44 cm, 342 plants per m2, 34 g grain quantity per crop, 10% grain moisture content, 19.5% straw moisture content, and a grain-straw ratio of 1.56.
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