Mechanization Planning, Operation, Maintenance, Management and Manufacturing

ABE 74

Agricultural Mechanization

The application of animal and machine power to multiply man’s ability to perform production operations.

RA 10601 Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization Development

refers to the development, adoption, assembly, manufacture and application of appropriate, location specific and cost-effective agricultural and fisheries machinery using human, animal, mechanical, electrical, renewable and other nonconventional sources of energy for agricultural production and postharvest/ postproduction operations consistent with agronomic conditions and for efficient and economic farm and fishery management towards modernization of agriculture and fisheries;

High land area to farmer ratio

Model of Mechanization that is motivated into increasing the level of mechanization in order to cultivate large agricultural lands with limited available manpower and take advantage of favorable agricultural commodity prices. Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia follow the USA model

Low land area to farmer ratio

Model of Mechanization that is motivated into increasing the level of mechanization in order to increase yields and cropping intensities to meet the growing demands for food and agricultural raw materials. South Korea, China, Taiwan, Sri Lanka and the Philippines follow the Japanese model.

1. Increased cropping intensity and production

2. Increased productivity of labor

3. Full utilization of farm products and by- products

4. Reduction of losses

5. Increased value added of farm products

6. Employment and livelihood generation

7. Import substitution

8. Export possibilities

Potential benefits of Mechanization

1977

Year of Creation of the Agricultural Machinery Testing Center

1979

Year of Implementation of the Agricultural Mechanization Development Program housed at UPLB as the Philippine representative to the Regional Network for Agricultural Machinery (RNAM)

1979 to 1992

Period in which the Philippines was hosted by Philippines

C = SWEff/10

where, C = Field Capacity, in ha/h
S = Speed in kph
W = width of cut
Eff = Efficiency in decimal

Formula for Field Capacity

T = 1/C

Where T = time in hr/ha

Formula for Time to Work in one hectare

A = WD/10
where, A = area in ha
W = width of cut in meter
D = distance traveled in km

Formula for Distance Traveled in one hectare

Hp Draft = (Da x S)/ 274 for kph and kg or /375 for mph and lbs

Formula for Draft Horsepower Requirement

Hp Tractror = Hp Draft/0.8

Formula for Draft Horsepower Requirement of Tractor