A Survey on the Current Status of Mechanization of Paddy Cultivation in Iran: Case of Guilan Province

This study investigated the status of mechanized power andself-propelled rice cultivation machinery in guilan provincein northern iran. the raw data was obtained from 2013 statisticsof the agricultural jihad organization of guilan province.power per unit of area, mechanization level, area per unit ofself-propelled machinery, and mechanization requirement werecalculated for eastern, western and central guilan. the meanpower per unit of area for eastern, western and central guilanwas 2.22, 2.07, and 3.09 hpha-1, respectively. the total mechanizationrequirements were determined to be 0%, 73.39%,99.28%, and 52.47% for land preparation, transplanting,weeding, and harvesting operations, respectively. the area perself-propelled rice machinery was 111.38, 3777.97, and 358.99ha for rice transplanter, weeder, and combine harvester, respectively.this indicates that there is insufficient mechanizationfor rice weeding and that there is an urgent need to increasethe machinery available for this agronomic operation in thepaddy fields of guilan province.