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APPROPRIATE SCALE MECHANIZATION CONSORTIUM

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

A pile of grain harvested by the combine harvester in Bangladesh

Harvesting with the reaper in Bangladesh

Harvesting with the reaper in Bangladesh during Covid-19 allowed farmers to manage the shortage of labor that was caused as a result of the pandemic

The combine harvester in Bangladesh

Harvesting being completed by the mini-combine harvester in Bangladesh during Covid-19

Student competition winners from the 2017 Regional Symposium in Bangladesh

The mini-combine harvester being used in Bangladesh

Reapers and harvesters on display in Bangladesh

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The SIL Annual Meeting 2020

The 2021 SIIL Annual Meeting took place virtually on January 26th through January 28th. Close to 100 researchers, students, and management personnel from around the globe participated in the conference. Thank you to USAID for their support and a special thanks to the SIIL Management Team for putting together such a spectacular 3-day event.

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