Potential of Chinese Tworow Rice Transplanter

1. សាកលវិទ្យាល័យភូមិន្ទកសិកមម
ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE

2. I. BACKGROUND
• Cambodia is an overwhelmingly
agrarian society with 85% of the
poor living in rural areas.
• 85% of the population dependent on
small-scale agriculture.
• The main agricultural products
comprise of paddy rice, livestock,
fish, forest, rubber and other crops.
• Rice cultivation is known as
traditional, income-generating work
practiced by rural people.
• It is also to provide food for their
family, and it has recently been
prioritized as a strategic crop to boost
exports and generate more income for
farmers

3. BACKGROUND CONT.
• Rice is considered a staple crop
for Cambodia and should be
taken into prudent accounts to
raise annual yields, while
reducing workload.
• 60 % of rural people depend
upon rice indicates that this crop
is one of the largest job provider.
• Rice is also deemed very
laborious and takes a long time
to yield
• Rice growth and yields are
highly sensitive to variability of
land preparation, climatic
conditions, proper care, and
water supplies.

4. II. INTRODUCTION TO MANUAL RICE
TRANSLPANTER
• Since rice cultivation requires a
great deal of available labor, lack
of man-power is associated with
late farming or less care, which
signifies pressing need for the aid
of machine to boost crop
production.
• Manual rice transplanters have
been widely marketed and utilized
in the Asian regions to
compensate for labor shortages
and facilitate farming work

5. PROBLEMS OF THE TRANPLANTER
RECEIVED FROM OXFAM
• Oxfam bought the
transplenters from
China
• Not functioning on the
field
• Work hard on finding
the solution to Famers.

6. III. RUA IN COLLABORATION WITH OXFAM TO
IMPROVE THE TRANPLANTER
Manual Rice Transplanters
from China
Agricultural Engineering’s
Workshop

7. OUR OBJECTIVE
1. To assess the performance of the Chinese two-row rice transplanters for
RUA soil conditions and at farmer’s field conditions (farmers supported
by OXFAM) and to analyze the break-even point of the rice transplanters
2. To identify post-test technical and functional problems
necessary for improvements
3. To refine the 8 rice transplanters from the adjusted rice
transplanters

8. MADE SOME TESTINGS AND
ADJUSTMENT S

9. TESTING OF THE FIRST BATCH
TRANSPLANTER AT RUA
SEEDLING
TESTING THE RICE
TRANSLPANTER
THE RESULT

10. VIDEO

11. IV. ANOTHER IMPROVED TRANPLANTER FROM
THE MANUFACTURER THOUGH OXFAM

12. PRE-TEST OF THE IMPROVED
TRANSPLANTER
Plowing the soil Result
Operation

13. VIDEO

14. NEXT STEPS
• Firstly, the machine trial will be conducted on the RUA campus, where the
soil is sandy, involving a group of 6 students responsible for different tasks.
• If the testing of the machine shows a good, reliable results, then the rice
transplanters will be tested on the farmer’s field with involvement of
farmer to understand their realistic performance, its benefits compared to
manual transplanting
• To develop manuals in Khmer and English on how to operate and adjust the
rice transplanters

15. THANK YOU