Comparative evaluation of mechanized and manual threshing options for Sahbhagi rice variety in Khunti district of Jharkhand

Rice is the major staple food of Jharkhand. Jharkhand produces 2.88 million tonnes, in area about 1.59 hectare with average production 1.81 tonne per hectare. Paddy cultivation involves different operations like sowing paddy for seedlings growing, puddling, seedling uprooting & transplanting, weeding, spraying insecticides/pesticides, harvesting and threshing. Among these threshing an important operation which carried out manually. tedious, less efficient expensive manually by most small-scale farmer To address problems pedal motor operated threshers were tested evaluated. These evaluated laboratory as well field condition. Data recorded analyzed. The mean capacity foot thresher 80.62 kg/hr 238 compared 52.27 kg/hr, respectively. machine can be adopted farmers to cost effective reduce drudgery adopting either or thresherseed yield plant. traits may considered selection improve mustard genotypes.