Practice Name:

Low Cost Improvised Tractor

Details
Category	Farm Implements,Tractors
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Crop Family
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Scout	HBN
Ingredients	old and unused spare parts, iron items
Details of Innovation	With the advent of technology, a tractor is a must for any farmer. However, not many farmers can afford the high cost of modern tractors. The innovator who developed this tractor got the idea while removing old and unused tractor spare parts and iron scap lying in his house. After some unsuccesful attempts, he finally managed to build an improvised, light weight, custom-made tractor capable of all sorts of farm jobs like sowing, weeding, reaping, ploughing etc. And this cost him just Rs. 28,000/-. Not only this, while other heavier tractors give the fuel average of 6 - 8 km per litre, this light weight contraption gives 18 - 20 km per litre and is easier to work on the soil.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Vinubhai Thobhanbhai Dharejiya
City / District	Ahmedabad
KVK District	KrishiVigyan Kendra, Anand Agricultural University, Arnej – 382 230. Tel:02714-242028
Address	Ahmadabad ,Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	382245

PAS_1	A farmer in Banda, Uttar Pradesh, upcycled an old bicycle to make a low cost plough, and then inspired his neighbours to do the same. 50-year-old Ram Prasad hires farm lands following the Bataidari system, or sharecropping, where a landowner gives his la
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Western plain, kachchh and part of kathiawar peninsula, hot arid eco-region (2.3), Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) Coastal Plains and Hills (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Bhal and Coastal area (GJ-8) 14.26% North Gujarat ( GJ-4) 19.87% North west zone (GJ-5) 36.38 North Saurashtra (GJ-6) 29.49
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000006085
Reference	Ahmedabad/2004/11
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1105
Reference	Ahmedabad/2004/11
Scout	HBN