An innovative versatile multi-crop planter for crop establishment using two-wheel tractors

M. E. Haque; A. K.M.S. Islam; M. M. Hossain; R. W. Bell; K. D. Sayre

An innovative versatile multi-crop planter for crop establishment using two-wheel tractors

M. E. Haque
, A. K.M.S. Islam
, M. M. Hossain
, R. W. Bell
, K. D. Sayre

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	33-37 and 44
Journal	AMA, Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America
Volume	48
Issue number	4
State	Published - 1 Sep 2017
Externally published	Yes

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An innovative versatile multi-crop planter for crop establishment using two-wheel tractors

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