Effect of Mole drain and Tracked Agricultural Prime Movers on Soft Soil Paddy Areas

Authors

  • Mohd Taufik Ahmad Engineering Research Center MARDI
  • Omar Mohamad Fakhrul Zaman
  • Md Isa Mohamed Fauzi
  • Khadzir Mohd Khusairy
  • Eddy Herman Sharu
  • Aziz Mohd Hashim
  • Othman Azlan
  • Md Nor Saifulizan
  • Abu Kasim Bunyamin
  • Norhafizi Mansor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36877/aafrj.a0000228

Abstract

Soft soil condition has become a major problem faced by Malaysian paddy farmers. MARDI has developed mole drain subsoiler and tracked agricultural prime movers to overcome this problem. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the effect of integrating mole drain and tracked prime movers on soft soil area. The mole drain was installed on an identified soft soil area at an experimental plot at the Department of Agriculture (DOA) Station, Kg Bukit Merah, Seberang Perai Tengah, Penang. Tracked prime movers were used for land preparation, transplanting and harvesting. Results showed that the soft soil condition of the plot was reduced to from 79% to 17%, a reduction of 62%.

Author Biography

Mohd Taufik Ahmad, Engineering Research Center MARDI

Senior Research Officer

Engineering Research Center

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Published

2021-07-23

How to Cite

Ahmad, M. T., Fakhrul Zaman, O. M. ., Mohamed Fauzi, M. I., Mohd Khusairy, K., Herman Sharu, E. ., Mohd Hashim, A. ., Azlan, O., Saifulizan, M. N., Bunyamin, A. K., & Mansor, N. (2021). Effect of Mole drain and Tracked Agricultural Prime Movers on Soft Soil Paddy Areas. Advances in Agricultural and Food Research Journal, 2(2). https://doi.org/10.36877/aafrj.a0000228

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2021)

Section

SHORT COMMUNICATION

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