Manual harvesting of wheat and rice severely hampers profitability and creates drudgery for women and men farmers while compromising grain quality and timely establishment of subsequent crops in the farm rotation. CSISA has worked to validate the economic benefits of low-cost reaper technologies for smallholders and worked towards technology commercialization by engaging across the value chain. Results demonstrate that rice-wheat farmers can increase profitability by $120 per hectare per year in cost savings alone, while also providing benefits like reduced drudgery and enabling earlier planting of following crops..

Dramatically lower costs ($120 per hectare) for mechanized solutions to harvest. Reapers cost between ($400-$1,200 compared to combine harvesters ($5,000-vs $15,000)