group 12 mini tractor-vanraj (1)

8/13/2019 Group 12 Mini Tractor-VANRAJ (1)

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MINI TRACTORS : VANRAJ Tractor

Abhishek Dubey

Anshuman Kumar

Gopal Kaundilya

Vineet Singh Khokhar

Rural Innovation Assignment


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Pre-innovation

Large tractors dominated the scene, tractorsharing was prevalent

Unaffordable by small farmers-were usingtraditional equipments, leading to inefficiency

Small and marginal farmers accounted for 82%

of the total landholdings and did not owntractors

Many experts opined that small tractors wereideal for marginal and small farmers


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Mini Tractor: Agriculture EquipmentInnovation
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Grass Roots Innovation AugmentationNetwork (GIAN) Identifying Grassroots Innovations having commercial viability and

social use.

Arranging for developmental finance for converting Innovation into

product.

Providing Technology, Design and Management inputs to

Innovator.

Intellectual Property Protection by helping in filing patents, Trade

marks, Copyrights, and or any other protection mechanism.


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Offering


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Vanraj : An Innovation

Innovator: Bhanjibhai

Mini Tractor

Product specific:

10 Hp engine

Small turning radius

fuel consumption: 1.5 lts/hr in comparison to 4lts/hr of big tractors

Price: one lakh


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Vanraj.. Three/four wheel conversion

With tested power take off (PTO)

Low Maintenance(10%-15%)

Could be repaired by local mechanic

Integrated single mounted platform as chassis

Patented in US, pending in India


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Innovation System : LocalInnovations to fill the existing the gap of

low horse power tractors .

To support and target small marginal

farmers

Patents: Applied for patent in US for 3

wheel convertible feature.

Local competitors import Chineese

spare parts

Field Marshall

Trishul

Captain

Support system:GIAN

SHRISTI

IIM-A (Honey Bee Network)

DSIR

NID


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Existence of relevant organizations

Intermediarydomain:

GIAN

NIF

Demand domain:Small farmers

Light transport

Enterprise

domain:

Farmers

Manufacturer

(Pramal

farmatics)

Research

domain:

NID

Support domain:

Banks and financial system (small loans)

Educational system (SOMA)

Media

Government (funds)


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Network of organization

Innovator Media GIAN & NIF

NIDGovernment

(grants throughgovt. fund)

Manufacturer

(PramalFarmatics)

Customer

Bottom-upapproach

Top-downapproach


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Innovation Approach

Top Down Approach

Co-development Approach


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Advantage Almost all functions of big tractor at lower cost

Power take off feature in comparison to other smalltractors

Lower running cost in comparison in comparison tobullocks

Utility Major use in orchards

Sharp maneuverability Three wheel approach

Plucking fruits like grapes

Owners quite well-off to manage the costsAcceptance Central and south Gujarat Maharashtra Karnataka


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Sustainability : Factors For

Diminishing landholding

Advent of horticulture

Per capita income increasing to pay for a tractor

Increased awareness


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Sustainability : Factors Against

Government grant funded

Few anchor agents for coordination of other actors

Psychology of farmers: lacuna of low status if ownerof low cost tractor

Price difference is not huge

Financial support easily available

Lack of motivation for grass root innovations

Lack of proper infrastructure


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Howto sustain

Institutional support as incubators

Infrastructure setup Coordinating/anchor agencies

Alternative uses Airports (baggage transport )

Municipality (waste disposal)


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Conclusion

Learning

Lack of institutional framework

Lack of Scaling activities

Lack of investments

Lack of proper marketing measures

Gaps may exist between the perceived and realusage


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Discussion

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