03968nas|a2200421 i 4500 20260817161919.0 020899s1998 th uzm rtt 00| a1eng d .b11756500 AIT Thesis no. AE-98-14 Sackbouavong Khoune Agricultural mechanization in Laos : a case study in Vientiane Municipality Bangkok : Asian Institute of Technology, 1998 93 p. Thesis ; no. AE-98-14 A thesis submitted in pa1tial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1998 This study deals with t11e study of agiicultural mechanization and its relationship with agiicultural production in Vientiane Municipality, Laos. The study is based on data collected tlu·ough a smvey of 48 fa1mers from 10 villages spread in four dist1icts in Vientiane Municipality. Fanns were divided in two main categories: fatms using power tillers, and traditional fa1ms using animal drawn implements. The power tiller users were further divided into tlu·ee sub categories as the fatmers who own power tiller and using them in dry and rainy season, the fa1mers who hired power tillers in both rainy and dty season and the farmers who own power tiller and using them in rainy season only. The traditional farmers using animal drawn implements grew crops in rainy season only due to lack of inigation facilities. The main crop is rice. The main sources of fann power are human labour, draft animals and power tiller. The average holding size for 48 selected farmers was 2.15 hectare of which on an average 1. 79 ha was cultivated during rainy season and 1. 58 in dry season. The yield of paddy crop varied between 2.3 to 5. 8 tons per hectares for the dry season and between 1.4 to 4. 8 tons per hectare for the rainy season dee crop. The fa1mers who own power tillers had the highest average yield of paddy 3.24 t/ha in rainy season and 4.10 t /ha in dty season followed by the fatmers hi.ting power tiller. The cropping intensity of fatmers having irrigation was higher than those with out inigation. The cropping intensity offatmers who own power tillers was 187%, it was 172% for the farmer who hires power tillers. In case of fatm without irrigation, the cropping intensity was 100% for farmers owning power tillers and for the traditional fatms where only one crop in rainy season was taken. The Family income of farms using power tiller was higher than the family income of traditional farmers using animal drawn implements. Farm mechanization Laos Vientiane Singh, Gajendra, Chairperson Gee-Clough, D., Examination Committee Salokhe, Vilas M., Examination Committee Hansen, Gunner, Examination committee Swedish Intonational Development Agency (SIDA), Scholarship donor Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. AE-98-14 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B13102 .b11756500 mnait y 240418 0 990802 m a y 0 mnait mnait mnarc 20 40 Barcode : 30050120582894 CREATED : 1998-05-03 RECORD # : i12146201 LPATRON : 1020600 LCHKIN : 2008-08-03 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 18 TOT RENEW : 16 Barcode : 30050120582910 CREATED : 1998-05-03 RECORD # : i12146213 LPATRON : 1021541 LCHKIN : 2009-09-13 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 22 TOT RENEW : 8 Barcode : 30050120371512 CREATED : 2016-02-06 RECORD # : i13013610 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 3113 3113 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-17 0 AIT Thesis no. AE-98-14 30050120582894 2026-08-17 16:19:19 1 2026-08-17 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-17 0 AIT Thesis no. AE-98-14 30050120582910 2026-08-17 16:19:19 2 2026-08-17 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-17 0 AIT Thesis no. AE-98-14 30050120371512 2026-08-17 16:19:19 2026-08-17 40