Farm Mechanisation creates unemployment. This myth has been false and this observed in agricultural machanisation. Besides increases the production and productivity also generates income and employment opportunities. For labour stortage, to overcome this problems, he decided to train in field of farm machanisation.Smart farm equipments boost farm output, increase in income and promote sustainability in farming.

   Shri. Rajesh Watuji Bhendarkar  is small land holding farmer. All his family members work in the farm and then go to other farmers field as a hired labour. paddy Farming is his main sources of income which fetches him around  Rs. 0.60  Lakh every year . He was educated person so he always  to change this labourious work in smat work. He contacted the scientists of KVK in the year 2012 when he started facing difficulties in obtaining labour for farming activities and suffered losses due to increasing wages.

Technology Demonstration

He was trained under On Farm Testing Programme which running by KVK Sakoli bhandara . KVK scientist gave a demonstration of Reaper (Paddy harvesting Machine) in his field from 2012-13 to 2014-15 consecutive three years. One Kamco 120 model paddy power reaper purchased by KVK and OFT organized on it. After Three years He purchase one paddy power reaper machine Kamco 120 and stared his business for smart agriculture.   

Institutional Involvement

             KVK organized one vocational training programme on “Reaper use as Small and Smart machine “. Under this title he obtained the information about reaper and its maintaince with practical knowledge. KVK Scientist taken a feedback about his machinery and gave the information about different Government programme for purchasing Farm equipments.

Outcome

Introduction of paddy power harvester (Reaper)in paddy area has helped reducing input coasts as per compaired to traditional methods of harvesting. In traditional methods the cost of harvesting per acre varies from 2500 to 3000 as per labour requirement. if labour was not available cost was increases and quality decreases. He gave the reaper to villagers at 1800 to 2000 Rs only.

 

His experience was very useful for villagers. Reaper reduces cost of cultivation and  Time upto 100 hrs. So he was earn yearly 1.00 lakh  additional income through this smart machanisation. The vertical impact of this reaper spread in village upto 10 and horizontally upto 25. He was purches another Reaper and gives on rent to other people.