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ASMC team members Dr. Tim Harrigan and Robert Burdick trained Senegalese artisans who built 6 biomass choppers during the agropastoralists leaders of the peanut basin visit to CERAAS in Thies, Senegal

A woman farmer harvesting paddy using the reaper in Dumuria, Khulna, Bangladesh

Two facilitators applying the Technology Readiness Assessment questionnaire to a household head who has used the planter, in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

ASMIH-Bangladesh Director, Prof. Dr. Md. Monjurul Alam discusses the status of agricultural mechanization in Bangldesh with the Agriculture Minister Dr. Mohammad Abdur Razzaque (MP) at the "Agricultural Mechanization in Bangladesh: Present Status and Future Strategy" Seminar in Dhaka, Bangladesh on January 7th, 2021.

A student harvests his experiment evaluating the best manure placement in soil in order to refine the manure placement platform. The experiment is being implemented at ISRA National Centre of Agronomic Research of Bambey in Senegal

A focus group of potential users of the planter gathered in Orodara, Hauts-Bassins, Burkina Faso to complete the Technolgy Readiness Assessment and Scaling Gap Analysis

Testing of the 4-wheel tractor based seeder at the Conservation Agriculture Park at Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) in Gazipur, Bangladesh

ASMC team members Dr. Tim Harrigan and Robert Burdick trained 4 artisan and an ISRA scientist on the biomass chopper building at Lycée Andrey Peytavin of St Louis, Senegal

Sowing sunflower and maize seed using the power-tiller-operated-seeder (PTOS) at Noiltala in Dumuria, Khulna

Seedling raising that will produce 1,800 trays to be transplanted by a rice transplanter, provided by ASMIH-Bangladesh, in Wazirpur, Barisal, Bangladesh.

ASMIH-Bangladesh trained and supported a farmer from Lobonchora, Sadar, Khulna, Bangladesh to set his seedling bed to prepare for rice transplanting

A mechanic of ASMIH-Bangladesh receives an award from the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) in Dumuria, Khulna, Bangladesh

A pre-test session in Bobo-Dioulasso, Hauts-Bassins, Burkina Faso was organized to test the Technology Readiness Assessment and Scaling Gap Analysis intruments with stakeholders to ensure proper functioning before implementation

Facilitation of the Scaling Gap Analysis questionnaire in a focus group consisting of the wives of planter owners in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

ASMC partners in Bangladesh have been hard at work. The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), under the technical advice of the Appropriate Scale Mechanization Innovation Hub (ASMIH)- Bangladesh began synchronized transplanting of rice paddy at Dumuria, Khulna on January 28th, 2021 with a target of transplanting 50 acres.

Planter users participanted in the Technology Readiness Assessment and Scaling Gap Analysis for the Single-Row Planter in Tuy Province, Hounde, Hauts-Bassins, Burkina Faso

ASMC partners in Bangladesh have been hard at work. The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), under the technical advice of the Appropriate Scale Mechanization Innovation Hub (ASMIH)- Bangladesh began synchronized transplanting of rice paddy at Dumuria, Khulna on January 28th, 2021 with a target of transplanting 50 acres.

A demostration of the mini-combine harvester in Bangladesh

ASMC partners in Bangladesh have been hard at work. The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), under the technical advice of the Appropriate Scale Mechanization Innovation Hub (ASMIH)- Bangladesh began synchronized transplanting of rice paddy at Dumuria, Khulna on January 28th, 2021 with a target of transplanting 50 acres.

Dr. Demba DIAKHATE discusses agricultural mechanization with some mebers of the ASMC team at the National Agronomic Research Center in Bambey, Senegal

A Cambodian woman presents her vegetable cart to some members of the ASMC team

Former Director of ASMC, Dr. Alan Hansen demonstrates the two-wheel tractor drawn planter in Cambodia

ASMC partners in Bangladesh have been hard at work. The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), under the technical advice of the Appropriate Scale Mechanization Innovation Hub (ASMIH)- Bangladesh began synchronized transplanting of rice paddy at Dumuria, Khulna on January 28th, 2021 with a target of transplanting 50 acres.

The tractor powered roller crimper is presented to stakeholders in Cambodia

The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Veng Sakhon; and US Ambassador in Cambodia Patrick Murphy with Horace Clemmons, CEO of Cleber, a private company promoting Open Systems Agricultural Machinery like the Oggun tractor driven by a Cambodian agricultural engineering intern.

(left to right) Dr. Aliou Faye speaks to Dr. Prasanta Kalita, Dr. George Czapar, and Leyton Brown at a research field within Regional Center of Excellence on Dry Cereals and Associated Crops (CERAAS) in Thies, Senegal

Dr. Demba DIAKHATE discusses agricultural mechanization with some members of the ASMC team at the National Agronomic Research Center in Bambey, Senegal

A group of Senagalese scientists discuss their work at the Regional Center of Excellence on Dry Cereals and Associated Crops (CERAAS) in Thies, Senegal

A group of Cambodian vegetable farmers pose for a photo with Dr. Alan Hansen and Timothy Rendall

Stakeholders observe research plots in Cambodia

Cambodian farmer with a power tiller

A group of students in Cambodia

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Demonstration of a tractor powered drill in Cambodia

The Oggun Tractor is presented in Cambodia

A maize field planted with the ASMC planter in Burkina Faso

Interns weigh the green biomass in Cambodia

A group discusses adjustments to the ASMC prototype planter in Burkina Faso

Conservation agriculture on display in Cambodia. The tractor powered roller crimper is used to prepare a seedbed for the no-till drill to plant into

Conservation agriculture on display in Cambodia. The tractor powered roller crimper is used to prepare a seedbed for the no-till drill to plant into

A seed broadcaster being used in Cambodia

An intern takes a soil moisture reading in Cambodia.

A no-till planter is used in Cambodia to demonstrate conservation agriculture

Rasmey Sophanna High School students at the CE SAIN Technology Park in Cambodia present their conservation agriculture gardens to judges for a student competition

A Rasmey Sophanna High School student at the CE SAIN Technology Park in Cambodia answers questions about her groups conservation agriculture garden

A training in Bobo, Butkina Faso

Operation of the power tiller operated seeder in Bangladesh

The loading of a rice transplanter in Bangladesh

The demostration of a rice transplanter in Bangladesh

A planter being used in Burkina Faso

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Impact of the ASMC planter on smallholder women farmers' lives

Dr. Timothy Harrigan and Maria Jones have developed a presentation that highlights the impact of the ASMC mechanical maize planter on smallholder women farmers in Burkina Faso. The presentation addresses how a cropping system approach was used to develop an improved planter, an in-line ripper for seedbed preparation, and an improved ox yoke for animal comfort.

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