Directory of Agricultural Machinery and Manufacturers
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Directory of Crop Production Machinery Manufacturers in India Dr. C. R. Mehta Dr. B Gaikwad Dr. R. K. Pajnoo Dr. R. K. Tiwari Er. Y.S. Bhokardankar January, 2015 All India Coordinated Research Project on Farm Implements and Machinery ICAR - Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering Nabi Bagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal - 462038, India http://www.ciae.nic.in Extension Bulletin No.: CIAE/ FIM/2015/94 Year : 2015 Compilation and Editing : Dr. C. R. Mehta, Project Coordinator, AICRP on FIM Dr. B. Gaikwad, Scientist, AMD Dr. R. K. Pajnoo, Chief Technical Officer Dr. R. K. Tiwari, Chief Technical Officer Er. Y.S. Bhokardankar, Asst. Chief Technical Officer Word Processing : Sh. A. S. Barod Mrs. M. Lohani Reprography : R.S. Kushwah Published by : Coordinating Cell AICRP on Farm Implements and Machinery Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal- 462 .38 (India) Telefax : 0755 - 2733385, 2521163 E-mail: [email protected] Printed at : Neo Printers 17, Sector-B, Industrial Area, Govindpura, Bhopal Ph.: 0755-4235558 Contributors (Principal Investigators / Research Engineers) of Centres of AICRP on FIM S. No. Name Affiliation Head & Principal Investigator (FIM Project) Agricultural Machinery Research Centre 1 Dr. B Shridar College of Agricultural Engineering Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore – 641003 (Tamil Nadu) Principal Investigator (FIM Project) Dr. AS College of Agricultural Engineering 2 Er. T B Bastewad Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth Rahuri – 413722 Distt. Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) Head & Principal Investigator (FIM Project) 3 Dr. G S Manes Department of Farm Machinery & Power Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana – 141004 (Punjab) Head & Principal Investigator (FIM Project) Agricultural Research Institute 4 Dr. G Arvind Reddy Prof. Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Rajendranagar Hyderabad - 500030 (Telangana) Principal Investigator (FIM Project) Farm Machinery and Power Engineering 5 Dr. Y C Bhatt College of Technology & Engineering Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology Udaipur - 313001 (Rajasthan) Professor & Head Deptt. of Agricultural & Food Engineering 6 Dr. V K Tewari Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur – 721302 (West Bengal) Principal Investigator (FIM Project) Deptt. of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering College of Technology, G B Pant 7 Dr. Arun Kumar University of Agriculture & Technology Pantnagar – 263145 (Uttarakhand) S. No. Name Affiliation Principal Investigator (FIM Project) College of Agricultural Engineering 8 Dr. P L Pradhan Orisa University of Agriculture & Tech. Bhubaneswar – 751003 (Odisha) Principal Investigator (FIM Project) Deptt. of Farm Machinery, College of Agricultural Engineering Rajendra Agricultural 9 Er. Manoranjan Kumar University, Pusa, Samastipur - 848125 (Bihar) Head & Principal Investigator (FIM Project) Department of Farm Power & Machinery 10 Er. N K Bansal CCS Haryana Agricultural University Hisar – 125004 (Haryana) Principal Investigator (FIM Project) 11 Er. Sindhu Bhaskar Kelappaji College of Agricultural Engineering. & Tech. Kerala Agricultural University Tavanur - 679573 (Kerala) Research Engineer (FIM Project) Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering 12 Dr. Rana Noor Alam Sam Hagginbottom Institute of Agriculture Technology and Science Allahabad – 211007 (Uttar Pradesh) Principal Investigator (FIM Project) Deptt. of Agricultural Engineering 13 Er. Pankaj Barua Assam Agricultural University Jorhat – 785013 (Assam) Deptt. of Agricultural Engineering 14 Dr. Ajay Verma Indira Gandhi KrishiVishwaVidyalaya Raipur (Chattisgarh) Technology Transfer Division Er. M B Tamhankar Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering 15 Dr. U R Badegaonkar NabiBagh, Berasia Road Bhopal – 462038 (Madhya Pradesh) FOREWORD Indian Agriculture is transforming greatly in the past few decades. Besides efficient water and input management, mechanization of farm operations are becoming indispensable. Sustaining the current levels of production, timeliness of operation, efficient application of fertilizers and plant protection chemicals, reducing the human drudgery and increasing the safety and comfort of farm workers are the main objectives of mechanization. Increasing costs of labour and reducing availability of farm workers make mechanization indispensable. Selective and appropriate mechanization was recommended for long in the country. Often: Selective for what? and Appropriate to whom? are the questions unanswered. We have not resorted to high capacity and high powered machinery for farm operations owing to the small land holding sizes. But the latest introduction of combines in rice producing areas has created a paradigm shift in our thinking. Huge combines are used in small and tiny farms too for harvesting paddy crops. If huge machines such as combines have made their ways into our tiny paddy fields, then why not introducing mechanical powers at all sizes for different farm operations. Our research efforts over several decades after independence have resulted in numerous machineries for different farm operations. These machineries are ranging in sizes from small to very large and operational capacities from few cents to acres of coverage in a given unit time. Numerous producers have come forward to make these machineries and market them. The producers also range from small scale producers to very large scale players. Often the farmers and other farm machinery operators do not have access to the knowledge on who produces and what range of products they produce. Due to the lack of such vital information the buyers are forced to buy farm machines based on the availability in the region than based on needs. Making information available on the farm machinery producers is very important for making farm machinery popular in the country. With this motive, the editors of this compendium have come up with an exhaustive list of farm tractors, power tillers and machinery producers and dealers in the country. The information contained in this compendium will be useful to farmers, extension workers, scientists, students, engineers, manufacturers and teachers. A word of appreciation and congratulations are due to the editors of this highly useful compendium. Date: January, 2015 (K. Alagusundaram) Place: New Delhi Deputy Director General (Engg.) Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi PREFACE The total power availability on Indian farms has increased from 0.293 to 1.841 kW/ha at CAGR of 4.58% during the last forty one years. The overall mechanization level in India is only 28-30% even though 90% of the total farm power is contributed by mechanical and electrical power sources. One of the major constraints of increasing agricultural production and productivity is the inadequacy of farm power and machinery with the farmers. The average farm power availability needs to be increased to minimum 2.5 kW/ha to assure timeliness and quality in field operations, undertake heavy field operations like sub-soiling, chiseling, deep ploughing and summer ploughing. For research and development, testing and popularization of need based farm implements and machinery for different regions of the country, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) launched the All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Farm Implements and Machinery (FIM) in 1975 with six centres. The number of centres increased during different Five Year Plan periods and presently there are 24 centres working on one or more of three distinct activities under the Project - research and development, prototype manufacturing and prototype feasibility testing. The research and development activity in AICRP on FIM involves design, development, testing and design refinement of need-based farm implements and machinery. Prototype manufacturing activity is for multiplication of research prototypes for multi-location trials, development of manufacturing technology for new machines and promoting their manufacture by involving local manufacturers. The addresses of reputed manufacturer/dealers of improved equipment in different states all across the country will serve as reference material for research and extension workers as well as farmers to bridge the gaps in farm mechanization. The Directory of Crop Production Machinery Manufacturers is an attempt to make available a comprehensive source of information on various crop production machinery manufacturers/dealers in one place. The information has been categorised on the basis of chronology of states of India. The list of manufacturers of tractors and power tillers are also included in the directory. However, their dealer’s addresses are not included in the directory and may be obtained by visiting company website whose addresses are given in the directory. During the course of this work, the information provided by research workers and manufacturers through their publication, pamphlets, and personal correspondence have widely been adopted and edited for brevity and relevance. It is hoped that this compilation on crop production machinery manufacturers would be welcomed by the farming community, extension workers, scientists, students, engineers, manufacturers and teachers resulting in the increased awareness about availability of crop production machinery in different states of India and pave the way for their early adoption. The list of manufacturers provided in the directory is aimed at creating a useful interface for direct interaction by the prospective users to further their knowledge and benefit