Development of Residue Management Unit for Direct Seeding in Rice Fields

Abstract

Conservation agriculture is becoming increasingly important and it is being practiced to varying degrees in different countries to save production costs and generate more income Wheat direct seeding in combine harvested rice fields is away to practice conservation agriculture in Egypt The main operational problem in direct seeding in paddy straw residue is the accumulation and wrapping of loose straw on the tines of no-till drills So residue management unit was developed to overcome problems arising while sowing wheat in combine-harvested rice fields The developed unit consists of two powered wheels One wheel for cutting the residue and the other one for removing them away from no-till drill furrow openers The experiments were carried out at Department of Agricultural Engineering Faculty of Agriculture Kafrelsheikh University Kafrelsheikh Governorate during the years of 2014 and 2015