Land Development
Objectives
<ul><li>To develop barren and undulating lands through land levelling and shapping to bring them under cultivation in order to increase the food production. To support farmers in the cultivation operations with "Farm Power" for taking up timely cultivation practices, manage labour shortage and reduce cost as well as drudgery.</li></ul>
e - Vaadagai
<ul><li>The farmers can book the Agricultural Engineering Department owned agricultural machinery and implements from their house or farm itself through e-Vaadagai App without visiting AED offices.</il></ul>
Bulldozer
Bull Dozer is used for jungle clearance, levelling and land shaping works and in bringing fallow lands into agricultural lands.
Hire Charges
Rs.1230/Hour
Tractor
Tractor is used to carryout various farming operations from ploughing to harvesting and post harvest operations.
Hire Charges
Rs.500/Hour
Combine Harvester (Wheel type)
Paddy combine harvester (Wheel type) is suitable for harvesting paddy in dry paddy fields. The harvesting, threshing and winnowing of paddy are done simultaneously by this machinery. This helps to achieve timely harvesting with minimum grain loss.
Hire Charges
Rs.1160/Hour
Paddy Combine Harvester (Track type)
Paddy combine harvester is suitable for harvesting paddy in wet paddy fields. The harvesting, threshing and winnowing of paddy are done simultaneously by this machinery. This helps to achieve timely harvesting with minimum grain loss.
Hire Charges
Rs.1880/Hour
Crawler Excavator
Crawler Excavator is used for scooping earth, for creating farm ponds, for cleaning bush from the land and to make them suitable for agriculture and also for desilting and deepening of water bodies.
Hire Charges
Rs.1910/Hour
Backhoe with front end loader
Backhoe with front end loader is used for scooping earth, digging pits, for cleaning bush from the land and to make them suitable for agriculture.
Hire Charges
Rs.890/hour
Mini Tractor
Mini Tractor is used for ploughing lands with less row spacing like sugarcane and banana by using rotavator. It is also used for ridging and dethrashing in sugarcane fields.
Hire Charges
Rs.460/Hour
Sugarcane Harvester wih infielders
Sugarcane Harvester is a self propelled machine used to harvest the sugarcane crop. It can cut the cane in billets, to remove trash leaves and dirt from the canes and it delivers the cane billets to infielders.
Hire Charges
Rs.5120/Hour
Truck Operated Coconut Hoist
Truck operated Coconut Hoist is used to harvest the coconut at a faster rate in coconut growing areas. It is safer than manual harvesting.
Hire Charges
Rs.450/Hour
