Sponsored Research Project:-
- All India Co-ordinate Research Project on Farm Implement & Machinery, (ICAR) (Started at April 1980 )
- I.E.R.D. (State plan) scheme (started April 1978)
- Management of Improved Machinery for crop production (Revaluing fund scheme on manufacturing of Farm Implement and Machinery)
- Rastriya Krishi Vikas Yojana scheme – Development of Farm Equipment and Machinery Testing, Training, and demonstration. (started at June - 2012)
- Development of new drainage tillage and sowing method combination for stabilizing soybean yield (Cultivation and Machinery). Technical cooperation by Japan International Agency _ JICA and M.P. Govt. Bhopal) (started April - 2012)
Facilities:-
Department is well equipped with following laboratories:-
- Engineering workshop.
- Farm Machinery testing laboratory.
- Farm Power laboratories.
- Soil Dynamics and tillage traction laboratory.
- Ergonomic laboratory.
Goal
- To develop a train human resource for different activities related with agricultural Engineering.
A. Design and development of farm machines:-
- Jawahar rotavator cum seed drill
- Jawahar tractor drawn puddler
- Jawahar tractor drawn till plant machine
- Jawahar self propelled garlic planter
- Jawahar weeder
- Jawahar manual transplanter
B. Transfer of farm machinery technologies:-
- Rotavator
- T.D. inclined plate planter
- T.D. Zero till drill
- Laser leveler
- T.D. aero blast sprayer
- T.D. roto till drill
- Self propelled power weeder and tractor dram
- Self propelled vertical conveyer refe
- Multi crop thresher
Thrust Area
- Design and Development of Farm Equipments
- Precision agriculture, Machine Vision, Robotics, Mechatronics
- Design and Development of Women Friendly Farm Machinery
- Farm Power
- Ergonomics
- Resource conservation and residue management
- Bio fuels generation and testing
- Horticultural machinery
RESEARCH SCHEMES IN THE DEPARTMENT
|
S.No.
|
Project Name
|
Nature of project
|
Duration of Project
|
| 1. |
AICRP on Farm Implement and Machinery, ICAR as a Principal Investigator |
Research |
1980 - Cont. |
| 2. |
Revolving Fund Scheme for Manufacturing of Improved Implements for ICAR as a Principal Investigator |
Manufacturing |
2002 – 2020 cont . |
| 3. |
Front Line Demonstration of Improved Implements as a Principal Investigator |
Research |
1999 - till date |
| 4. |
Development of Farm Machinery Testing, Training and demonstration centre at JNKKV, Jabalpur, Govt. of India RKVY Project, as a Principal Investigator. |
Research |
2012 to Till date |
| 5. |
Direct Seeded Rice Consortium (DSRC), Joint project of JNKVV, Jabalpur and IRRI, Philippines as a PI |
Research |
13-10-2020 -cont |
| 6. |
MPARI (State Plan) |
State Plan |
1964- till date |
| 7. |
IERP (State Plan) |
State Plan |
1978 - till date |
| 8. |
Study on Term Mechanization Strategy for Each Climatic Region of MP. And Chhattisgarh, as a CO-Principal Investigator |
Research |
2002-2004 |
| 9. |
Evaluation of Draft Ability and Related Hysic Biochemical Changes in Malvi and Nimari bullocks of M.P. as a Co-PI. |
Research |
2005-2010 |
| 10. |
NAIP-III Associate Scientist |
Research |
2008-2012 |
| 11. |
MP –JICA Project for Maximization of Soybean Production in Madhya Pradesh, INDIA (Joint project of MP GOVT and Japan Govt.(JICA), Co PI) |
Research |
2012-2016 |
| 12. |
AICRP on Energy Requirement for Agriculture (ERAS) , ICAR, New Delhi |
Research |
1971-2002 |
| 13. |
Implement/ Machinery for research Farm, ICAR, New Delhi |
Research |
1973-1976 |
| 14. |
N.A.T.P. on M.E.P. , ICAR, New Delhi |
Research |
2000-2004 |
| 15. |
Testing of Machinery for Residual Management, ICAR, New Delhi |
Research |
2001-2003 |
| 16. |
I.P.S.A.I.M. (ICAR) |
Research |
1973 -1979 |
GLIMPSES OF RESEARCH WORK
Self Propelled Onion Harvester
(Best cost award (2019), Best Economical Vehicle (2020), Best Design award (2021) by SAE, India)