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Some Problems of the Mechanization of Paddy Land Preparation in Sri Lanka and Lessons from Japan's Experience

Creator	Creator Name Ulluwishewa, Rohana Affiliation Affiliation Name Seminar of Econometric Analysis in Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University
	Creator Name Tsuchiya, Keizo 土屋, 圭造 Affiliation Affiliation Name Seminar of Econometric Analysis in Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University 九州大学農学部農政経済学科農業計算学講座
	Creator Name Sakai, Jun 坂井, 純 Affiliation Affiliation Name Seminar of Agricultural Machinery, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University 九州大学農学部農業工学科農業機械学講座
Language	English
Publisher	Kyushu University
Publisher	九州大学農学部
Date	1985-06
Source Title	Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University
Vol	29
Issue	4
First Page	211
Last Page	256
Publication Type	Version of Record
Access Rights	open access
Crossref DOI	https://doi.org/10.5109/23807
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PISSN	0023-6152
NCID	AA00697606
Record ID	23807
Peer-Reviewed	Unrefereed
Subject Terms	Paddy land
	Sri Lanka
	Mechanization
ISSN	0023-6152
NCID	AA00697606
Notes	Sri Lanka’s failure to adapt the imported tractors and attached implements to the local field conditions, and to improve the field conditions to make them suitable to the modern farm machines considerably accounts for the poor work performance evident in the mechanized paddy land preparation. Concentration of the tractor ownership in the hands of local businessmen, and the resulting contract cultivating system adversely affect the income distribution. Japan managed to avoid these problems since the very inception of the mechanization by modifing the imported tractors and attachments and by improving the field conditions. Group ownership and utilization of farm machines which is popular in Japan, enables small farmers to enjoy the benefits of the ownership right of farm machines. Therefore, Japan’s experience in farm mechanization suggests that modification and improvement of imported tractors and attachments, improvement of paddy field conditions and group approach to tractor ownership may have greater potentials to solve some of the Sri Lanka’s problems of mechanization.
Created Date	2012.08.01
Modified Date	2022.11.11