Isae e newsletter october 2013

Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers G-4, National Societies Block, National Agricultural Science Centre Complex, Dev Prakash Shastri Marg, Pusa Campus, New Delhi -110012 E-mail: isae2001@yahoo.co.in, Website: www.isae.in A Professional non-profit organization established in 1960 aimed to promote and encourage the profession of Agricultural Engineering and to advance the standard of Agricultural Engineering in the areas of Research, Development and Education.

Electronic Newsletter, Month – October, Year- 2013 Chief Editor: Dr. R. T. Patil, (ISAE F-172) Email- rtpatil.titbhopal@gmail.com, isae1960@gmail.com, Website: www.isae.in

From the Editors Desk Dear All As 2014 elections are approaching we should intensify our movement of having agricultural Engineering department in each state by motivating the student’s power and local chapters.

For this executive members need to visit these places. This can be possible by holding a series of seminars at the chapter level where at least 1 or 2 executive members show their presence.

For this purpose each chapter may make a provision for travel by raising funds from souvenir or getting grants from local IEI offices.

I also wish to suggest that we should have travel fund for meeting the requirement of retired executive members and other dignitaries whom ISAE invites for the quarterly meeting at HQ. We all can understand that it is practically impossible for the retired members to spend every time for attending the meeting. This provision will also keep the retired seniors from our profession remaining active in contributing their expertise for the benefit of society and country. If we do not think about making some provisions like this the executive meetings will be reduced to members of Delhi and around. Also it will deter us from utilizing the talent of these people who are away from HQ. I suggest that by mobilizing the chapters to hold such seminars we should take honorarium for ISAE sponsored speakers which will go to ISAE and not to speakers and thus we can maintain such fund.

It gives me immense pleasure to inform you that the Technocrats Institute of Technology and Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering (ICAR) Bhopal are jointly organizing an International Conference on Agribusiness Management and Entrepreneurship Development during January 6-7, 2014. This conference will explore policies, avenues and experiences and contributing factors for sustainable management of agricultural businesses. This conference will provide the platform for experts to meet and discuss the contemporary issues and ideas on agribusiness and entrepreneurship development. The conference will promote innovative thinking on this topic and provide a road map for future strategies for sustainable development of the country.

On behalf of the organizing committee I extend invitation to students, research scholars, faculty members, scientists and extension workers to participate in this conference.

WISHING YOU ALL AVERY HAPPY FESTIVE SEASON OF DIWALI……….

With warm regards (R. T. Patil) Chief Editor

Message from President National Action Plan on Climate Change has proposed eight national missions out of which national water mission, national energy mission, national mission for sustainable agriculture and national mission on “Green India� have close links with agricultural engineering. These missions presently in operation will form the important component of 12th plan. Impact of climate change has been closely monitored by several agencies including ICAR and programs like National Initiatives on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) have been evolved and implemented. Extreme weather events like storms and increase in intense rainy days have been predicted and we are already experiencing the impact in terms of damage of crops due to storms, heavy rains and floods. More than half of the Indian population is still in agriculture sector and is most vulnerable to climate change impact. Flood control, agricultural drainage, water storages, new agricultural practices, climate resilient agriculture, risk proofing measures are extremely important for sustainable agriculture.

The national energy mission’s emphasize on the harvesting of renewable sources of energy and solar energy is going to be the main thrust of the mission. Agricultural engineers need to gear up to promote the contributions made in the sector of renewable energy and initiate new programs. National water mission envisages the efficient use of surface water through arresting runoff, conservation structures, recycling of waste water and improving application efficiency. It is predicted that India will be a net water deficit country by 2050, hence water becomes a target commodity resource for maximizing conservation, storage, efficient application, drainage practices, reclaiming salinity.

Agricultural Engineers through its local chapters should organize regional seminars, conventions and brainstorming sessions on all the pertinent issues envisaged in the national action plan on climate change and identify the role of agricultural engineers to meet the national challenges in the renewable energy sector, water sector, crop sector and allied agricultural areas.

I appeal all chapters to plan as many local programs as possible to deliberate on these issues and bring out publications by documenting the outcome of regional/local deliberations which will help in establishing the role of agricultural engineers in mitigating challenges of climate change. I consider this is right opportunity as most states have suffered due to heavy rains and storms thus it will be rather easy to demonstrate the role of Agricultural Engineers through highlighting location specific success stories. ISAE will be too glad to promote any proposals from local chapters in organizing such events relevant to state/regional/local issues. I appeal to all members to participate in large numbers in forthcoming ISAE convention in Udaipur during February 2014 and present papers/posters to share your work with a larger professional audience.

Best wishes to all members and their families for very happy Diwali.

(V. M. Mayande) President

Ninth Session of Technical Committee of CSAM at CIAE Bhopal The Ninth Session of Technical Committee of Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization (CSAM) was organized in Bhopal by Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal during October 17-18, 2013. The session was attended by 15 representatives from 13 CSAM countries like Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, The Philippines and Vietnam and Mr. Zhao Bing, Chief and Ms. AI Yuxin, Senior Expert, CSAM. Dr. Pitam Chandra, Director, CIAE and Dr. C R Mehta, Project Coordinator, AICRP on FIM represented India. The Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization (CSAM), newly renamed from the United Nations Asian and Pacific Centre for Agricultural Engineering and Machinery (UNAPCAEM), is a regional institution of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (UNESCAP) based in Beijing, China.

The opening ceremony of the 9th TC of CSAM started on 17 Oct, 2013 with introduction and opening remarks by Mr. ZHAO Bing, Chief of CSAM and was followed by welcome remarks by Dr. Pitam Chandra, Director, CIAE, Bhopal. It was followed by the election of Chairperson, ViceChair and Rapporteur for the meeting. Dr Pitam Chandra, Director, CIAE was elected as Chairperson, while Mr. Chan Saruth, Director, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cambodia was elected the Vice-Chair for the two day session.

The session on Review of draft ToR of the Asian and Pacific Network for Testing of Agricultural Machinery (ANTAM) and its work plan was started with the presentation by Ms. Ai Yuxin, Senior Expert, CSAM on Effectiveness of the Technical Committee and Action Plan for ANTAM. The ANTAM is an open regional network composed of national testing stations of agricultural machinery of participating countries, research institutes, associations of agricultural machinery manufacturers and farmers' organizations across the Asia-Pacific region. She indicated that the secretariat support and related day-to-day operations of ANTAM will be financed by CSAM. In the session on Review of strategy paper and proposed project activities for 2014-2016 for funding, Mr Zhao Bing, Chief, CSAM in his presentation stressed on mutual exchange of prototypes and information dissemination among member countries of CSAM, creation of testing facilities in the CSAM region, etc.

The representatives from different countries made a presentation on agricultural mechanization policy updates and sustainable agricultural technology innovations about each country. Dr. C R Mehta, Project Coordinator, AICRP on Farm Implements and Machinery made a presentation from India in this session. He highlighted the need for popularization of sustainable agricultural machinery to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) to mitigate the effect of climate change.

Ms. AI Yuxin, Senior Expert, CSAM made a Presentation on the work report of CSAM for 2013 and a work plan for 2014. The work report and work plan were discussed in detail in the meeting and approved.

A visit to CIAE, Bhopal was organized in the afternoon of 18 Oct, 2013. The representatives from different countries visited Agricultural Machinery Display Centre, Prototype Production Centre, Soybean Processing Unit and Energy Enclave of the institute. The participants were demonstrated newly developed farm equipment by the institute. The following were the major recommendations of 9th TC of CSAM. 1. There should be a mutual exchange of prototypes of farm equipment among CSAM member countries.

2. The uniform format will be devised to collect, compile and reporting of data on the status of agricultural mechanization in CSAM member countries which will help in policy formulation for sustainable agricultural mechanization.

3. It was also suggested to have a tenure of 3 or 4 years of TC members for the effectiveness of TC. 4. ANTAM should provide a discussion forum for developing and harmonizing testing codes and standards of sustainable agricultural machinery in the region.

5. ANTAM should coordinate research and undertake a survey of existing testing standards, procedures and sustainable agricultural mechanization strategies.

6. ANTAM should facilitate the adoption of a commonly agreed methodology for agricultural machinery and equipment testing and mutual recognition of testing results by participating countries in the region.

The meeting ended with a Vote of Thanks by Mr. Zhao Bing, Chief, CSAM to Director, CIAE for hosting the meeting in Bhopal and also thanked all the participants for their active contribution in the meeting.

Member News Dr. CR Mehta attends Regional Forum on Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization in Asia and the Pacific in China Dr. C R Mehta, Project Coordinator, AICRP on Farm Implements and Machinery participated in the Regional Forum on Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization in Asia and the Pacific held in Qingdao in China during October 26-27, 2013. The Forum was co-organized by the Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization (CSAM), formerly known as the United Nations Asian and Pacific Centre for Agricultural Engineering and Machinery (UNAPCAEM), and the organizers of the China International Agricultural Machinery

Exhibition (CIAME) 2013 with the support of the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific of the Food and Agricultural icultural Organization (FAO-RAP) (FAO RAP) and relevant Chinese ministries. The Forum was organized on the theme of “Public-Private “ Private Partnership for Improved Food Security and Rural Livelihoods”. The objective of the Forum was to gather key stakeholders including representatives resentatives from international organizations and Asian-Pacific Asian Pacific countries for policy discussions and knowledge sharing of good practices on sustainable agricultural mechanization and how to exert its full potential for improving food security and farmers’ livelihoods in the region.

The CIAME 2013 was opened on 26 Oct, 2013 at Qingdao International Expo and occupied a total exhibition area of 180,000 square meters and around 1,800 exhibitors participated in the event. About 80,000 visitors from over 50 countries countries attended the show and among them 50,000-60,000 60,000 were professionals. M/s Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., Mumbai represented by its Chinese subsidiaries and Sonalika Tractors Ltd., Hoshiarpur from India were only two exhibitors in the CIAME 2013 and. The sponsors sponsors of the forum from CIAME 2013 were; China Agricultural Machinery Distribution Association, China Agricultural Mechanization Association, China Association of Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers The following major recommendations were made during the Forum.

1. The Regional Forum may be held every year and should be held simultaneously with the Farm Machinery exhibition 2. There is a need to put more emphasis on promotion of sustainable agricultural machinery through private sector manufacturers in the region. r 3. The quality, testing and after sales service of farm machinery should be given importance for sustainable agricultural mechanization in the region.

4. The comfort, safety and gender issues should be considered in design of farm machinery.

Dr. Kanchan K.. Singh Joins as ADG (Engg.)

Dr. Singh obtained B. Tech. from G.B.P.U.A.&T., Pantnagar (1982); M. Engg. from Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand (1988); and Ph. D. from Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA (1991). He worked as Assistant Engineer, State Farms Corporation of India (1983 1983 - 1986); Graduate Research Assistant, Iowa State University Ames (1988 – 1991); Post-Doctoral University, Doctoral Research Associate, National Soil Tilth Laboratory, Ames, USA (1991 – 1992); Pool Officer (Scientist), College of o Technology, nology, MPUAT, Udaipur (1992 – 1993); Assistant Professor, College College of Agri. Engg., CCSHAU, C Hisar (1993 – 1998); Senior Scientist, Project Directorate for Farming Systems Research (PDFSR),, Modipuram (1998 – 2006); Principal Scientist (FMP), PDFSR, Modipuram (2006 – 2010) and Program Facilitator (Cropping Systems & Resource management) (2010 – 2013). He joined as Assistant Director General (Engineering) at ICAR HQ on September 16, 2013.

Chapter News Hisar Chapter The students of COAE&T are doing strike since August 26th 2013 to attract the attention of the authorities towards their professional demands. Their point is that though majority of the population in Haryana is directly or indirectly related to agriculture and farming is the main source of their earning, there is only one college of Agricultural Engineering with a few seats and still the government of Haryana is unable to give them their rightful positions in Haryana government for development of the rural areas.

Their demands are as mentioned below:  Separate Directorate of Agricultural Engineering in Haryana.  Creation of new posts of A D O (FI) at block level in Haryana.  Posts of Agricultural Engineer at every Krishi Vigyan Kendra (K.V.Ks) should be approved and advertised as soon as possible.  Rectification in the qualification of A.D.O in soil conservation and the candidates having a degree of B.Tech in Agricultural Engg. should be made eligible along with the candidates having a degree of B Sc. in Agriculture and at least a ratio of 40:60 respectively should be made for selection. Along with this the Agricultural Engg. students should also be considered for the post of A.S.C.O and D.S.C.O in Soil Conservation Cadre.  The posts of technical expert in Non Farming sector at head office in Haryana Cooperative banks considers M. Tech (agril. Engg.) students but at the Distt. level any graduate is eligible for this post having a degree in any discipline. It should be rectified and the selections at Distt. level should be made on the basis of graduation in Agricultural Engg. as they are made for the head office at Chandigarh.  A separate branch for Agricultural Engg. in Horticulture dealing with the fields of drip irrigation systems, farm implementation and post harvesting should be made .  The posts of District Manager in HAFED and Haryana Agro. Industry Corporation must consider the candidates having a graduate degree in Agricultural Engg.  The post of S.D.O in Irrigation Deptt. of Haryana must also consider the graduates holding a degree in Agricultural Engg.

Editor’s comment: In view of the need to raise GDP from agriculture and to implement various schemes towards these goals above demands and just and right and we hope that state authorities will do the needful to fulfil them which will surely bring more prosperity to the state.

UP Chapter

Fully Mechanised Fodder Farm at Salon, Amethi, UP

This farm is an example of how agricultural engineering knowledge can be effectively put to practise. This farm is fully mechanized for land preparations, fertilizer application, seed sowing, irrigation, intercultural operations, application of slurry, harvesting, collection of crops etc. About 171 acres of irrigated land is cultivated for growing different fodder crops like Maize, Oats and Berseem to meet the feeding requirements of the bulls, the fodder comes from the fodder farm. Irrigation of fodder crops is done with sprinklers and reel irrigation system, which helps in economizing the use of water. The operations like silage distribution and dung slurry transportation have been mechanized with the use of Silage cutters and Liquid manure spreaders, respectively. Despite the challenges posed by adverse climate and soil salinity, the Animal Breeding Centre farm at Salon produced 2733 MT green fodder last year surpassing the production in previous years. Out of this, 501 MT green fodder was conserved as hay and 68 MT as silage to ensure round the year supply of quality roughages to bulls.

Gujarat Chapter Dr. H. D. Rank (LM 2905), Professor & Research Engineer AICRP (GWU) of Department of Water Resources Development & Management was awarded “Best teacher Award” in faculty of Agricultural Engineering for the year 2011-12 under ICAR scheme. The award was given by Shri Govindbhai Patel, Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture of Gujarat State in presence of Dr. N C Patel, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Junagarh Agricultural University, Junagadh on 31.08.2013.

Farm Machine of the Month Makhana Popping and Decorticating Machine

Gorgon nut (Euryale ferox) is seed of an aquatic plant that is roasted and popped manually. The popped kernel is called makhana. The Gorgon nuts are mainly grown in Bihar, Eastern UP, Assam, West Bengal, Tripura and J&K. Recently cultivation of gorgon nut has also been started in Odisha.

Makhana is being marketed throughout the country as dry fruit and it is also exported substantially to various countries.

Makhana is a nutritious dry fruit and is, therefore, in demand almost in all religious rituals for preparation of value added products such as ready-to-constitute kheer mix, namkeen/bhujia, sweetened/salted makhana etc.

The makhana popping machine has been designed and developed at CIPHET Ludhiana for popping and decorticating having capacity of 25-30 kg/h with popping efficiency of more than 90%. The decortications/popping unit consist of a casing and impeller assembly with hard impact surface. When the hot roasted nuts strike to the impact surface, the shell breaks and due to sudden pressure drop and popping of the kernel takes place. This unit can also be used for decortications of conditioned nuts to produce makhana flour for various food and industrial applications.

Farmer Innovator Radheshyam Sharma of Ujjain (M.P) developed a Bullock operated sprayer. The main components of the sprayer are frame, lugged iron wheels, differential unit (of fiat car), belt and pulley drive, gear box, gear shifting lever, chain and sprocket drive, pump, spray tank (100 lit capacity), spray boom and nozzles. A pair of bullocks can easily pull the device. The gearbox has three gears. When operator shifts the lever to higher gear, frequency of strokes of pump increases and thus develops more pressure. As a result, the spray fluid atomizes into fine droplets with wider swath. When the gearbox is in neutral position, the drive to the pumping unit gets cut off. The suction pipe of the pump is connected to the spray tank and delivery pipe is connected to the spray boom. The height of the spray boom can be adjusted as per the requirement suiting to the height of the crop.

The spray boom has 16 nozzles spaced at a distance of 35 cm. It is a low cost technology as compared to tractor operated boom sprayer.

This product was introduced in the market in the year 2006.

Committee for Minimum Standards of Higher Agricultural Education

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research has constituted a Committee on 1st October 2013 (Office Order No. Edn. 5/4/2013) to work out the Minimum Standards of Higher Agricultural Education (MSHAE) in terms of infrastructure, laboratories/field facilities, faculty, manpower and other support so as to firm up the guidelines for establishing a college of agricultural engineering in the SAUs/DUs/CAUs. The committee constituted for Agricultural Engineering includes: Prof. Gajendra Singh (Chairman), Dr DVK Samuel (IARI), Dr HC Sharma (Pantnagar), Dr PPS Lubana (Ludhiana), Dr JK Singh (Ex-Pantnagar) and DDG (Education) as members, and ADG (EQR) as Member Secretary.

ISAE members are requested to send their suggestions to Prof. Gajendra Singh (Email: prof.gsingh@gmail.com; Mobile:+91 99 7108 7591) latest by 20th November 2013.

Upcoming Events 48th Annual Convention of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE) and Symposium on Engineering Intervention in Conservation AgricultureFebruary, 21-23, 2014 Contact Dr. Ghanshyam Tiwari Professor & Head Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering College of Technology and Engineering Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology Udaipur- 313001 (Rajasthan) Tel.: 0294 2470119 (0) Fax: 0294 2471056 Mobile: +91 9413208577

Tractor and Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers Meet (TAMM -2014) at IISR Lucknow The All India Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers’ Association (AMMA-India) and Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow are planning to organize a two-day Tractor & Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers’ Meet (TAMM-2014) during February 8-9, 2014 at IISR Lucknow. The purpose of this meet is to discuss the problems faced by the tractor, power tiller, combine and agricultural machinery manufacturers, testing of farm equipment, financing, credit policies and subsidy related issues etc for farm equipment. This Meet would be attended by the Tractors, Power Tillers, Combines and Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers from all over the country, government and semi-government officials from the State and Central Governments, Scientists from Institutions, representative from Banks, NABARD, Insurance Sectors and farmers.

International Conference on Agri-Business Management Entrepreneurship Development at TIT & CIAE, Bhopal

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This international conference on Agri-Business Management and Entrepreneurship Development at TIT-MBA will be jointly organized by Technocrats Institute of TechnologyMBA and Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering (ICAR) Bhopal during Jan 6-7, 2014.

This conference will provide an opportunity to all concerned including students, teachers, researchers, policymakers, governmental and non- governmental organizations to introspect, deliberate and devise the strategies for effective agri business management and entrepreneurship development. For further details contact conference chairs Dr. RT Patil, Group Director MBA (rtpatil.titbhopal@gmail.com) and Dr. Pitam Chandra, Director CIAE (pc1952@gmail.com)

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Name 2013 September Er. M. Mohan Er. M M Pragalyaa Shree Dr. G Amuthaselvi Er. Pravin Prakash Jadhav Er. Wandkar Sachin Vilas Er. Nilesh Narayan Waghmare Er. Kedar Surendranath Ghag Er. Ravindra Singh Er. Gowripathi Rao Nrnv Er. Prashant Maruti Kapurkar Er. Shashikant Gorakh Pawar Er. A P Mohan Kumar Er. R Kiruthika 2013 October Er. Chandershekar Veerapandian Er. Hijam Jiten Singh Er. Man Mohan Deo Er. Bikram Jyoti Er. Thorat Deepak Sabaji Er. Prathsarth Ashokkumar Pandya

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For further details contact: Secretary General: Prof Anil Kumar (anil_k_99@yahoo.com) and/or Secretary: Dr J P Sinha (jpsinha@gmail.com) INDIAN SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS

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