Economical assessment on the most efficient peanut harvesting method in Moghan

Taghinazhad, Jabraeil; Rahmani, Seffat Ollah

doi:10.22092/amsr.2021.355086.1387

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Researcher of mechanizationAcademic member, Department of Agricultural Engineering Research, Ardabil Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Ardabil, Iran

² Academic member, Department of Agricultural Engineering Research, AREEO, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22092/amsr.2021.355086.1387

Abstract

Peanuts are harvested in two stages. The first stage involves the complete removal of the plants from the soil and the second stage is the drying and separation of the peanut pod from the plant. This study was conducted in Moghan, in 2020. The purposes of this study were to estimate cost and benefit of harvesting methods and to determine profitability indices with using a special peanut traction combine. The experiment was performed based on a split plot design in the form of randomized complete blocks with four replications. The research was based on whether the imported traction combine is more economical compared to other common methods of peanut harvesting? Three harvest methods in the second stage include: b₁- combine harvesting b₂ - harvesting with a thresher behind the tractor, b₃ - manual harvesting. To find out if the assumption proved, we used partial budgeting technique including net present value (NPV), economic and non-economic test for substitution of harvesters and marginal rate of return (MRR). The results showed that the MRR rate of replacing the application of traction combine with other treatments in the average area harvest conditions is higher than 41.83%. According to the results, it was found that net profit in traction combine harvesting compared to thresher behind the tractor and manual method had a profitability of 6.07 and 8.82 percent, and a cost reduction of 4.86 and 23.43 percent, respectively.

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Economical assessment on the most efficient peanut harvesting method in Moghan

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Volume 22, Issue 80 - Serial Number 80March 2022Pages 67-76

Volume 22, Issue 80 - Serial Number 80
March 2022
Pages 67-76