Techno-Economic Assessment of Happy Seeder Technology

The present study was conducted in district Ludhiana (L-1) and Moga (L-2) of state Punjab, India on happy seeder for sowing of wheat crop under rice wheat cropping system. Assessment of field performance of happy seeder technology was observed with the economic worth from the angle of custom hiring operator or the progressive farmer. The performance evaluation was done on the basis of dependent parameters such as fuel consumption, actual field capacity and field efficiency by selecting three different gears 1(st), 2(nd) and 3(rd) low. Actual field capacity, field efficiency was maximum and fuel and energy consumption was minimum for 2(nd) gear for both L-1 and L-2. Economic analysis showed that the total operating cost of happy seeder system was Rs. 2,900.98 per ha and break-even point was 70.93 ha/y with the actual payback period of 2.68 years. The results from present study showed that happy seeder is a promising technology for adoption.