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Zero-till drill for the establishment of mungbean and comparison of its

performance with the conventional method
Md. Hamidul Islam1, Md. Shamshad Ansari1, Rajesh Nandi1, Md. Mosharraf Hossain1, Md. Enamul Haquee2
1
Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
2
Agricultural Engineer, Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), Khamarbari, Kurigram 5600, Bangladesh

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Article history: The conventional method of mungbean (Vigna radiata) cultivation is direct broadcasting involves land
Received: 08 January 2020 preparation and seeding which is laborious, time-consuming and cost-intensive. Conservation
Accepted: 23 April agriculture-based technologies are becoming increasingly popular among the farmers due to having
Published: 30 June 2020 early planting scope, the minimum cost of production, improving soil health and sustainable
environment. This study was conducted to evaluate the performance of a power tiller operated zero-till
Keywords: drill for the adoption in mungbean cultivation. Overall performance was evaluated based on seed rate,
Zero tillage, number of plants per unit area, number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod and grain yield, net
Broadcasting, Reduced tillage, saving and benefit-cost ratio, and compared with the conventional method. Results showed that average
Conservation agriculture, seed rate was 30.0 kg/ha and 35.5 kg/ha for zero tillage and conventional method respectively, which
Zero-till drill indicates that 5.5 kg of seed per ha was saved with zero tillage system. Besides, zero tillage system
could maintain a uniform depth of planting with better seed-soil contact. The average number of plants,
Correspondence: pods per plant, seed per pods and yield per hectare were higher in zero tillage system compared to the
Md. Hamidul Islam conventional method. Mungbean yield under zero tillage system was 30.4% higher than the
: [email protected] conventional method. Furthermore, from an economic viewpoint, zero tillage system is suitable for
mungbean cultivation because it could save the production cost by 20.9% and increased net saving by
60.9% than the conventional method. Furthermore, a higher benefit-cost ratio was obtained from the
zero tillage system (BCR = 3.2) than the conventional system (BCR = 1.6) which indicates that zero
tillage system is profitable than the conventional method.
Copyright ©2020 by authors and BAURES. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC By 4.0).

Introduction disturbance, crop residue management and following

beneficial crop rotation. Among the conservation
Tillage is the mechanical manipulation of soil to create a
favourable condition for seed and plants. Conventional
tillage methods have long resulted in exposed field agriculture-based technologies, zero tillage is more
surface, decrease soil fertility, serious water loss and soil beneficial in terms of less soil degradation, enhancing
erosion and increasingly deteriorating ecological microbial activities, more efficient use of inputs and
environment. To achieve sustainable development in improving soil fertility and sustainable environment
agriculture, it is time demand to promote the systematized (Sharma et al., 2008; Kahloon et al. 2012). In zero tillage
protective tillage techniques and implements for the system, the establishment of the crop is done in
preservation of soil moisture suitable to the intensive previously unprepared soil by opening a narrow slot or
farming areas. Hatfield and Karlen (1992) reported that band only of sufficient width and depth to obtain proper
the adoption of reduced tillage methods can offer seed placing which reducing land preparation cost and
significant environmental benefits over conventional less soil disturbance due to reducing the number of tillage
tillage system. operation and thus the number of tractor and tillage
implement trips over the soil (Qaisrani et al., 2014).
Conservation agriculture-based tillage technologies like Besides, zero tillage system with residue management
zero tillage, reduced tillage, strip tillage and bed planting helps in conserve soil moisture and a natural increase of
are gaining popularity among the farmers due to having organic matter in topsoil (Derpsch et al., 2010).
distinct advantages over the conventional tillage.
According to Hobbs et al. (2008), conservation Power tiller (two-wheel tractor) operated conservation
agriculture-based tillage technology results in less soil agriculture technologies have been developed by different
organizations among which zero tillage and strip tillage
technologies are more viable for dry soil. To evaluate the
Cite this article
Islam, M.H., Ansari, M.S., Nandi, R., Hossain, M.M., Haquee, M.E. 2020. Zero-till drill for the establishment of mungbean and comparison
of its performance with the conventional method. Journal of Bangladesh Agricultural University, 18(2): 509–515.
https://doi.org/10.5455/JBAU.81033
Zero-till drill for the establishment of mungbean
field performance of developed conservation agriculture allowing earlier wheat planting, helping control the weed,
technologies, different promotional activities are being reducing production cost and saving water. Furthermore,
conducted in the farmer’s field in Bangladesh. Most of the according to Naresh et al. (2013), the conversion of
previous promotional activity was conducted under rice- conventional to zero tillage can result in higher bulk
wheat or rice-maize cropping system. This research was density and infiltration and lower runoff compared to
carried out to evaluate the performance of BARI conventional tillage. Therefore, the adoption of zero
(Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute) developed tillage system for mungbean cultivation could help the
power tiller operated zero-till drill for the establishment farmers to decrease production cost and increase net
of mungbean. saving. The specific objectives of this research are to
evaluate the field performance of power tiller operated
Mungbean is a leguminous crop which envisioned as the zero-till drill for the establishment of mungbean and
best of all pulses from the nutritional viewpoint. Whole compare the field and economic performance of zero-till
mungbean seed contains 62.6% carbohydrate, 23.9% drill with the conventional method.
protein, 4% minerals and 3% vitamins (USDA, 2018).
However, mungbean cultivation like other pulses is Materials and Methods
decreasing due to less yield and higher production cost as Field tests were conducted at Bangladesh Agricultural
well as the expansion of boro rice cultivation area. University Farm to evaluate the performance of a zero-till
Though crop scientists are trying to increase the yield drill for the establishment of mungbean. During planting
through varietal development it is necessary to reduce operation, the zero-till drill was attached with a 12 HP
production cost through introduction of proper Dongfeng power tiller which is very common in
management practice (Uddin et al., 2009). In Bangladesh, Bangladesh to complete the planting operation.
mungbean is cultivated after T. Aman rice or wheat using Binamoog-5 was used as test variety of mungbean.
conventional tillage through manual broadcasting which Planting depth and seed covering mechanism were kept
is laborious, time-consuming and cost extensive. Also, constant throughout the planting operation. Before
planting of mungbean depends on the previous harvest planting operation, a herbicide named “Roundup” was
which often delayed due to unavoidable weather applied to kill the existing weed at the rate of 100 ml in
condition. Thereby, reducing crop yield since timely 10-litre water for 5 decimal lands.
planting and harvesting are the key operations for
achieving the desired yield. Besides, long turn-around Zero-till drill machine
time can be caused by excessive tillage, soil moisture An isometric diagram of BARI developed power tiller
problems, shortage of animal or mechanical power for operated zero-till drill is shown in Fig.1. Technical detail
ploughing and other farm jobs like threshing and of zero-till drill is given in Table 1. The overall
managing rice crop or wheat before preparing land for performance of the zero-till drill for the establishment
mungbean cultivation. Erensten and Laxmi (2008) mungbean was also compared with the conventional
reported that zero tillage system is appropriate for wheat broadcasting system.
cultivation after rice in rice-wheat cropping system

1. Seedbox, 2. Fertilizer box, 3. Toolbar frame, 4. Chain and sprocket, 5. Seed tube, 6. A depth control device, 7. Furrow opener,
8. Press wheel, 9. Hitch plate, 10. Seed metering device

Fig. 1. An isometric view of zero-till drill machine (Ansari et al., 2016)

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Table 1. Technical specification of zero-till drill used for the establishment of mungbean
Particulars Number Dimension (mm) Material
Hitch plate 1 255 × 230 & 130 × 135 MS steel
Toolbar frame 1 980 × 660 MS bar
Seedbox 1 810 × 210 × 180 Plain sheet
Fertilizer box 2 850 × 240 × 160 Plain sheet
Seed tube 4 100 × 170 × 90 Plastic
Furrow opener 4 233 × 125 Heavy flat bar
Press wheel 4 280 × 50 Rubber
Depth control devices 2 270 × 360 MS bar
Seed metering device 4 Flute type Moulded plastic
Power transmission system 1 Roller-420 Roller chain
Chain-Sprocket 2 22 and 19 teeth Steel
Clutch 1 dog clutch MS iron

Calibration of zero-till drill for seed rate ploughed by 3 passes of power tiller followed by 2 passes
Before the actual planting operation, the zero-till drill was of laddering with straight alternation pattern. Land size of
calibrated for correct seed rate. During calibration for 11.20 decimals with 3 replication plots for each
seed rate, two-third of the seedbox was filled with seed cultivation method was prepared.
and transparent polythene bags were tagged with each of
the seed delivery tubes. After that zero-till drill was Fertilizer application
operated on a pre-measured 20 m travel distance with a As mungbean is a leguminous crop which can store
sowing width of 80 cm. Then, seed collected in polythene nitrogen in its root zone from the air. So only TSP
bags that passed through tubes were weighed and seed fertilizer was applied at the rate of 100 kg/ha during
rate was determined according to the equation (1) as planting followed by the broadcasting method in both
described by Michael and Ojah (1978). This procedure zero-tillage system and conventional method.
was repeated by adjusting the seed metering device until
the desired seed rate obtained. The seed rate was kept at Experimental procedure
30.0 kg/ha for zero-till drill. During mungbean planting time, the average moisture
content of the soil for the top 50 mm was 25% (dry basis).
10W
S  s ................................................ (1) In the case of zero tillage system, the seed was applied in
d A an untilled previously harvested rice field. Straight
m alternation pattern was used for sowing. For proper seed
Where, placement, the speed of operation was maintained at 2.5
Sd = Seed rate (kg/ha) km/hr. In the conventional system, both seed and fertilizer
Ws = Total weight of seed (gm) were sown by manual broadcasting after the second pass
Am = Measured experimental area, m2 of ploughing followed by laddering. After
sowing/planting operation, all the cultural practices such
Land preparation as fertilizer application, irrigation and plant protection
Land preparation was not required for the establishment were done in all the plots as per the agronomical
of mungbean under zero tillage system. However, land requirement. A photographic view of mungbean
preparation was a precondition for the cultivation of establishment using a zero-till drill and conventional
mungbean in the conventional method. The land was method were shown in Fig. 2.

(a) The conventional method of planting (b) Zero tillage system of planting
(Ansari et al., 2016)
Fig. 2. Photographic views of mungbean establishment in the field

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Performance evaluating parameters take into account and was calculated using equation (6)
Overall performance of zero tillage and conventional and shelter cost which is necessary to protect a machine
system in mungbean cultivation was evaluated based on- against adverse weather condition was calculated using
field performance, yield and yield contributing equation (7).
parameters and economic of performance.
Depreciation cost 
 Tk.   P - S ............................. (5)

Field performance  hr  L  H
Field performance of zero-till drill was evaluated based
Interest on investment 
 Tk.    P  S   i ............ (6)
on field capacities, field efficiency and seed rate. Amount   
of seed required per hectare area was calculated using  hr   2  H
equation (1). And field capacities and field efficiency  Tk.   1% of P ................................... (7)
Shelter cost  
were calculated using equation (2), (3) and (4) according  hr  H
to Kepner et al. (1978). Where, P = purchase price of a zero-till drill (Tk.); S =
SW salvage value i.e. 10% of purchase price (Tk.); i =
Theoretical field capacity (ha/hr)  ............... (2)
10 interest rate i.e. 10%; L = life of zero-till drill, 7 year
Area covered
H = annual use of zero-till drill, 300 hr
Effective field capacity (ha/hr)  ...... (3)
Time required Variable cost
Effective field capacity Variable cost is defined as one which changed with the
Field capacity   100 ..... (4)
Theoretical field capacity changing level of output. In this research repair and
maintenance cost and hiring cost for power tiller were
Where, S = Rated forward speed for zero-till drill, considered as a variable cost. Repair and maintenance
(km/hr), W = Rated width of the machine (m) cost of the zero-till drill was calculated using equation (8)
and power tiller was hired during this experiment @ Tk.
Yield and yield contributing parameters 150 per hour including fuel cost, oil cost and operator
Yield and yield contributing parameters of mungbean cost.
cultivation under zero tillage system and the conventional
method were evaluated based on the number of plants per Repair & Maintenance cost 
 Tk.   5% of P ........... (8)

unit area, number of pods per plant, number of seeds per  hr  H
pod and total grain yield per hectare.
Land preparation cost in conventional method was
Economic of Performance calculated as 3 passes of ploughing by power tiller @ Tk.
Economic of performance of zero tillage system and 1200 per pass plus 2 passes of laddering @ Tk. 400 per
conventional method for mungbean cultivation was pass.
evaluated based on the cost of mungbean establishment,
Benefit-cost ratio (BCR)
the total cost of production, total output, net saving and
benefit-cost ratio (BCR). In the case of zero tillage system, It is a ratio used in a cost-benefit analysis to summarize
mungbean establishment cost consists of seed cost and the overall relationship between the relative costs and
planting cost, whereas the conventional method consists benefits of a proposed project. If a project has a BCR
of seed cost, land preparation and seeding cost. greater than 1.0, the project is expected to deliver a
positive net present value to a firm and its investors. It
Zero-till drill operational cost was calculated using equation (9).
Operating cost of zero-till drill consists of fixed cost like Net saving from a project
depreciation cost, interest on investment, taxes, insurance BCR  ...................... (9)
and shelter cost, and variable costs like repair and The total cost of production
maintenance cost, fuel cost, oil cost and labour cost. All
parameters of operational cost were calculated using the Results and Discussion
standard formula (Hunt, 1973; Singh et al., 2016). Field performance
Fixed cost Field performance of zero-till drill and conventional
method for the establishment of mungbean was evaluated
Fixed cost is defined as one which remains unchanged based on seed rate, a line to line spacing and depth of
regardless of the level of output alters. In this research, planting. Parameters related to field performance of zero-
depreciation cost, interest on investment and shelter cost till drill and conventional methods are shown in Table 2.
was taken into account as fixed cost items. The straight- From Table 2, it is observed that applied seed rate was
line method of depreciation analysis was used to calculate 30.0 kg/ha in the zero-tillage system and 35.5 kg/ha in the
the depreciation cost of the zero-till drill as shown in conventional method. Therefore, zero tillage system
equation (5). Since the invested money cannot be used for required 5.5 kg less seed per hectare compare to the
other interest making business, interest on investment was

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(a) Conventional method (b) Zero tillage system

Fig. 3. A photographic view of the growing stage of Mungbean with different sowing method after 7 days from
seeding

Table 2. Field performance of different tillage method for mungbean establishment

Parameters Zero-till drill Conventional method
Line to line distance (cm) 20.0 Scattered
Depth of planting (cm) 3-3.5 Uneven
Effective field capacity (ha/hr) 0.12 0.18
Field efficiency (%) 73.35 78.5*
Seed rate (kg/ha) 30.0 35.5
Fuel consumption (l/ha) 9.30 18.2*
* Plowing operation

Table 3. Yield and yield contributing parameters of mungbean cultivated under different tillage system
Methods Ave. No. of Ave. No. of Ave. No. of Grain yield Yield increased
plants/m2 pods/plant seeds/pod (kg/ha) (%)
Zero-till drill 108 45 11.4 1247.5 30.4
Conventional (Broadcasting) 87 31 8.8 956.5 -

conventional system. Besides, a line to line space was 20 production, total output, net saving and benefit-cost ratio
cm and the average width of opening slits was 2.0-3.0 cm (BCR). Operating cost of the zero-till drill for the
and depth of planting was 3.0-3.5 cm in zero tillage establishment of mungbean was found Tk. 1515/ha as
system. The adjustment of row spacing between two shown in Table 4. The planting cost of mungbean
successive passes was maintained by operator skill and including seed cost under zero tillage and the
experience. However, seed spacing and depth of seeding conventional method was Tk. 4515/ha and Tk. 8400/ha,
were found uneven in the conventional method which is respectively (shown in Table 5). From Table 5, it is
due to broadcasting and laddering. observed that the establishment cost-saving for mungbean
under zero tillage system was Tk. 5485/ha (65.3%) over
Yield and yield contributing parameters the conventional method. This result is following Sindh
A photographic view of the growing stage of mungbean et al. (2007) who reported that the cost of establishment
established by zero tillage system and the conventional of wheat under zero tillage system was about half of the
method is shown in Fig. 3. From the figure, it is observed cost of the establishment using the conventional method.
that vegetative growth of mungbean was better under zero Also, the total cultivation cost of mungbean under zero
tillage system compared to the conventional method. tillage and conventional system were found Tk. 20715/ha
Yield and yield contributing parameters of mungbean and Tk. 26200/ha, respectively, which indicates that
under zero tillage and the conventional method were 20.9% production cost was saved under zero tillage
evaluated based on number of plants per unit area, system over the conventional method. Again, total
number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod and income from mungbean cultivation under zero tillage
grain yield. Yield and yield contributing parameters of system and conventional method were found Tk.
mungbean cultivated under zero tillage and conventional 87325/ha and Tk.67585/ha, respectively. Further, net
method are shown in Table 3. saving from mungbean cultivation under zero tillage
system and the conventional method was Tk. 66610/ha
Economic analysis and Tk. 41385/ha, respectively, which indicates that
The economics of performance of zero tillage system and 60.9% higher net saving was generated from mungbean
conventional method for the establishment of mungbean cultivation under zero tillage system. A similar trend of
was evaluated based on the cost of planting, total cost of the result was obtained by Micheni et al. (2015) during
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on-farm experimentation on conservation agriculture in a Conclusion
maize-league cropping system. Furthermore, a higher This research focused on the performance evaluation of
benefit-cost ratio was obtained from the zero-tillage zero-till drill for the establishment of mungbean and
system (BCR = 3.2) than the conventional system (BCR comparing with the conventional method. Zero tillage
=1.6) which indicates that zero tillage system is profitable system showed distinct advantages over the conventional
than the conventional method. This result is following the method which was evaluated based on seed rate, planting
results obtained by Uddin and Dhar (2016). Furthermore, cost, cost of production, yield, total income, net saving
it was also observed that zero tillage system is able to and BCR. Zero tillage system could save 5.5 kg of seed
minimize turn-around time 8-10 days between previous per hector and maintains uniform line to line spacing and
harvesting and mungbean establishment, as the depth of planting. Mungbean yield under zero tillage
conventional method, needs about 10-12 days after system was found 30.4 % higher than the conventional
harvesting of the previous crop for the establishment of method. Besides, mungbean planting cost and production
mungbean. This result is following Hossain et al. (2015) cost under zero tillage system were 65.3% and 20.9% less
who reported that zero tillage farming could minimize the than the conventional method. Also, zero tillage system
average turn-around time 9-10 days between the two increased net saving by 60.9% than the conventional
successive crops. method. Furthermore, a higher benefit-cost ratio was
obtained from the zero-tillage system (BCR = 3.2) than
Table 4. The operational cost of zero-till drill the conventional system (BCR = 1.6) which indicates that
zero tillage system is profitable than the conventional
Parameters Cost (Tk.)
method. Therefore, it can be concluded that mungbean
1. Purchase price 40000 establishment using zero tillage system is better than the
2. Salvage price 4000 conventional method.
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