Institutional Innovation for sustainable mechanical rental service for resource poor farmers

从体力劳动到机械化移栽的有效过渡对于在孟加拉国推广SRI耕作方法是有效的，但孟加拉国农村的机器租赁市场并不发达。为了探索在资源贫乏的农民(RPFS)中机械化插秧的潜力，我们正式研究了由民间-私营-公共(PPP)合作机构提供租赁机械服务的综合干预措施的影响，该机构被称为“机械场系统”，与孟加拉国的私营和公共部门合作。在我们提出的“机械场系统”模式中，孟加拉国的一家私营公司为农民提供机械租赁服务，以减少水稻生产的劳动力需求。公共推广部门(农村发展学院/或农业推广部门)为农民群体提供技术培训，包括如何使用机械。在2022财年，我们委托进行了一项知识评估调查，这是与GRAP协调的同一研究团队(Kiban A 20H00075)共同完成的一项补充调查。我们还委托了一家私营公司Noyboraga，该公司已经在项目区建立了公共推广机构和农民团体的关系，以准备业务发展计划。

The effectiveness of an effective transition from manual labor to mechanized transplanting has been suggested for the diffusion of SRI farming methods in Bangladesh, but the machine rental market is not well developed in rural Bangladesh. To explore the potential of mechanized rice transplanting among the resource poor farmers (RPFs), we formally examine the impact of combined interventions of providing rental machinery services by a people-private-public (PPP) partnership institution, called the “mechanical yard system”, in collaborating with both the private and public sectors in Bangladesh. In our proposed “Mechanical Yard System” model, a private sector company in Bangladesh, provides machinery rental services to the farmers to reduce labor demand of rice production. Public Extension Department (Rural Development Academy/or Department of Agricultural Extension) provides technical training to farmers groups, including how to use machinery.In FY2022, we commissioned a Knowledge assessment survey, a complementary survey together with the same research team coordinated at GRIPS (Kiban A 20H00075). We also commissioned Noyaboraga, a private sector company, who already developed relationship between public extension agents and farmers group in the project areas, to prepare a business development plan.