Design and Fabrication of Manually Operated Paddy Transplanter

Agriculture is the most important sector of the Indian economy. It is the most important source of employment for the majority of the work force in the country. Approximately 49 percent of the total labor force was engaged in agriculture in 2012. Among that highest percentage was in paddy sector. Rice is the major stable food of the country. Releasing of work force to sectors other than Agriculture is important to develop the country. To release the work force in paddy sector mechanization plays a big role. To feed growing population is a huge challenge. Importation of rice will lead to drain out the economy of the country. Mechanization of paddy sector will lead to higher productivity with releasing of work force to other sectors. The objective of this project is to design a paddy transplanting mechanism to transplant paddy seedlings by small scale farmers in the country. In world the usage of agriculture equipments are increasing. In the usage of agriculture equipments, India contributes only 10%. Due to the scarcity of manpower and more time taken for transplant to reduce this problem we have decided to do project related to agriculture. For more information about today’s agriculture equipments and methods we searched and studied some papers and also visited to agriculture equipments manufacturing companies.