Machinery utilization and production cost of wetland, direct seeding paddy cultivation in Malaysia

A mean mechanization index of 0.59 and a total machinery energy of 477.78 MJ/ha were recorded for the direct seeding paddy cultivation in Malaysia. Highest mechanization index and machinery energy were obtained in the harvesting operation (0.99 and 336.81 MJ/ha) while the lowest values were in pesti...

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Main Authors: Muazu, Aliyu, Yahya, Azmi, Wan Ismail, Wan Ishak, Bejo, Siti Khairunniza
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: Elsevier (ScienceDirect) 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39097/
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author Muazu, Aliyu
Yahya, Azmi
Wan Ismail, Wan Ishak
Bejo, Siti Khairunniza
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Yahya, Azmi
Wan Ismail, Wan Ishak
Bejo, Siti Khairunniza
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description A mean mechanization index of 0.59 and a total machinery energy of 477.78 MJ/ha were recorded for the direct seeding paddy cultivation in Malaysia. Highest mechanization index and machinery energy were obtained in the harvesting operation (0.99 and 336.81 MJ/ha) while the lowest values were in pesticides operations (0.19 and 3.97 MJ/ha). The benefit-cost ratios for an average farmer with and without government support within the block were respectively 1.37 and 1.68 with a mean yield of 7.63 tons/ha and mean total production cost of RM 6658.18/ha.
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spelling upm-390972015-07-13T04:51:23Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39097/ Machinery utilization and production cost of wetland, direct seeding paddy cultivation in Malaysia Muazu, Aliyu Yahya, Azmi Wan Ismail, Wan Ishak Bejo, Siti Khairunniza A mean mechanization index of 0.59 and a total machinery energy of 477.78 MJ/ha were recorded for the direct seeding paddy cultivation in Malaysia. Highest mechanization index and machinery energy were obtained in the harvesting operation (0.99 and 336.81 MJ/ha) while the lowest values were in pesticides operations (0.19 and 3.97 MJ/ha). The benefit-cost ratios for an average farmer with and without government support within the block were respectively 1.37 and 1.68 with a mean yield of 7.63 tons/ha and mean total production cost of RM 6658.18/ha. Elsevier (ScienceDirect) 2014 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed Muazu, Aliyu and Yahya, Azmi and Wan Ismail, Wan Ishak and Bejo, Siti Khairunniza (2014) Machinery utilization and production cost of wetland, direct seeding paddy cultivation in Malaysia. In: 2nd International Conference on Agricultural and Food Engineering, CAFEi2014, 01-03 Dec 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (pp. 361-369). 10.1016/j.aaspro.2014.11.050
spellingShingle Muazu, Aliyu
Yahya, Azmi
Wan Ismail, Wan Ishak
Bejo, Siti Khairunniza
Machinery utilization and production cost of wetland, direct seeding paddy cultivation in Malaysia
title Machinery utilization and production cost of wetland, direct seeding paddy cultivation in Malaysia
title_full Machinery utilization and production cost of wetland, direct seeding paddy cultivation in Malaysia
title_fullStr Machinery utilization and production cost of wetland, direct seeding paddy cultivation in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Machinery utilization and production cost of wetland, direct seeding paddy cultivation in Malaysia
title_short Machinery utilization and production cost of wetland, direct seeding paddy cultivation in Malaysia
title_sort machinery utilization and production cost of wetland, direct seeding paddy cultivation in malaysia
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39097/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39097/