An innovative versatile multi-crop planter for crop establishment using two-wheel tractors
Haque, M.E., Islam, A.K.M.S., Hossain, M.M., Bell, R.W.ORCID: 0000-0002-7756-3755 and Sayre, K.D.
(2017)
An innovative versatile multi-crop planter for crop establishment using two-wheel tractors.
AMA - Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America, 48
(4).
pp. 33-37.
Abstract
A Versatile Multi-crop Planter (VMP) was designed and built for seed and fertilizer application in lines when driven by 2-wheel tractors (2WT) for: single-pass shallow-tillage; strip tillage (ST); zero tillage; bed planting, and conventional tillage (CT). Field performance and operational costs were recorded and analysed in Bangladesh. Field capacity of VMP was 0.07 ha/h for ST which was 34%lower than for CT. Land preparation cost by VMP was decreased by up to 75%for single pass compared to CT. VMP was capable of sowing many crops from small jute seed (2 g/1000 seeds) up to maize (160 g/1000 seeds). The VMP weighs 152 kg and ex-factory price is US$ 1,000. Acceptance of this multipurpose planter by smallholder farmers who prefer two wheel tractors is expected to be high.
Item Type: | Journal Article |
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Murdoch Affiliation: | School of Veterinary and Life Sciences |
Publisher: | Farm Machinery Industrial Research Corp |
Copyright: | © 2017 Farm Machinery Industrial Research Corp. |
Publishers Website: | http://www.shin-norin.co.jp/english/ |
URI: | http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/40354 |
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