| Author | Cablayan, Orlando Manzano |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.AE-80-08 |
| Subject(s) | Farm mechanization--Philippine Islands--Pulangui River Irrigation Project
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | This study attempted to review the initial farm mechanization plan for the Pulangui River Irrigation project which was submitted to the Asian Development Bank. The project, when completed, will be able to
irrigate 10,273 hectares and 11,729 hectares of paddy area during the dry and wet seasons, respectively. Seven water management equipment
stations will be constructed at different locations within the project area. Most of the data used in the study were obtained from the farm mechanization survey conducted in the area in 1977 and from published reports on wet land preparation in the Philippines. It was found out that the proposed number of power tillers is reasonable. However, the number of threshers
and dryers proposed by the project are less than the required number as computed in this study. Re-allocation of machines using integer programming was made in order to minimize the amount of paddy grain transported for drying in tons-kilometer. The re-allocation assumed that farmers nearest to the National Grains Authority center should bring more of their produce to this center for drying.
Determination of farm sizes for which ownership of power tiller and thresher is economical showed that the buffalo remains a viable alternative for land preparation for double cropped farms up to 2.2 hectares. Beyond
2.2 hectares, the power tiller becomes more economical. Manual threshing is cheaper than mechanical threshing for double cropped farms up to 5.93
hectares.
It was found out that the existing or initially recommended custom
rates for rotovating, threshing and drying are less than the custom rates computed in this study. Therefore, the National Irrigation Administration would loss in the operation of power tillers, threshers and dryers. |
| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development |
| Department | Department of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (Former title: Department of Food Agriculture, and BioResources (DFAB)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Agricultural and Food Engineering (AE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Singh, Gajendra |
| Examination Committee(s) | Gee-Clough, D. ; Konaka, Toshio |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | USAID/RED |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1980 |