DEVELOPMENT OF SINGLE ROW MANUALLY OPERATED MULTI CROP PLANTER

D. SRIGIRI¹*, G. VEERA PRASAD², B. RAJ KIRAN³, L. EDUKONDALU^4
1Department College of Agricultural Engineering, Sangareddy, Telangana 502001
²AICRP on FIM, College of Agricultural Engineering, Bapatla, A.P., 522101
³College of Agricultural Engineering, Bapatla, A.P., 522101
⁴College of Agricultural Engineering, Bapatla, A.P., 522101
* Corresponding Author : srigiri.mallikarjuna@gmail.com

Received : 07-04-2016     Accepted : 30-04-2016     Published : 28-08-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 30       Pages : 1632 - 1634
Int J Agr Sci 8.30 (2016):1632-1634

Keywords : Development, Manual, Multi Crop, Planter
Academic Editor : Karunya M, Basavaraj
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

Sowing is the most basic operation for the cultivation of the crop. Sowing at different depth and time is essential which will affect the yield of the crop. Sowing in late season will decrease yield about 35%. Due to the small land holding of Indian farmers and less tractor availability per 1000 ha, mechanization is not possible. Manual method of seed planting, results in low seed placement, spacing efficiencies and serious back ache for the farmer which limits the size of field that can be planted. The basic requirements for small scale cropping machines are they should be suitable for small farms, simple in design and technology and versatile for use in different farm operations. A manually operated planter was developed aiming at small and marginal farmers with a fabrication cost of Rs. 4500 and a draft of 143 N. Cone mechanism was developed to suit different crops without changing metering mechanism. The weight of the planter is found to be 18 kg with a hopper capacity of 2 kg. The planter is useful equipment for the marginal farmers who cannot purchase heavy machinery.