Item | T1 | T2 | T3 | |||
No of man-day∙ha−1 | Cost, Tk∙ha−1 | No of man-day∙ha−1 | Cost, Tk∙ha−1 | No of man-day∙ha−1 | Cost, Tk∙ha−1 | |
Wage, TK∙day−1 (8 h) | - | 500.0 | - | 600.0 | - | 700.0 |
Fuel price, TK∙l−1 | - | - | - | 68.0 | - | 68.0 |
Paddy cutting | 22 | 11,000.0 | 8 | 4800.0 | 4 | 2800.0 |
Paddy bundling and transportation to yard | 14 | 7000.0 | 14 | 8400.0 | 2* | 1400.0 |
Paddy threshing | 12 | 6000.0 | 8 | 4800.0 | 4** | 2800.0 |
Paddy thresher fuel, l∙ha−1 | - | - | 4 | 272.0 |
| 3944.0 |
Paddy cleaning | 7 | 3500.0 | 3 | 1800.0 | - | - |
Paddy winnower fuel, l∙ha−1 | - | - | 2 | 136.0 | - | - |
Total harvesting cost, TK∙ha−1 |
| 27,500.0 |
| 20,208.0 |
| 10,944.0 |
Total harvesting cost, UD∙$∙ha−1 |
| 328.0 |
| 241.0 |
| 131.0 |
Ratio per combine |
| 2.5 |
| 1.84 |
| 1 |