POWER OPERATED TURMERIC HARVESTER MACHINE

U.K. DHRUW¹*, A.K. VERMA^2
1College of Agriculture and Research Station, Bemetara, 491335, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 492012, Chhattisgarh, India
²College of Agriculture and Research Station, Bemetara, 491335, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 492012, Chhattisgarh, India
* Corresponding Author : dhruwumesh779@gmail.com

Received : 01-02-2023     Accepted : 26-02-2023     Published : 28-02-2023
Volume : 15     Issue : 2       Pages : 12204 - 12205
Int J Agr Sci 15.2 (2023):12204-12205

Keywords : Turmeric harvester, Field capacity, Field efficiency, Digging efficiency
Academic Editor : S. M. Chavan, N.K. Rajpal, Vikash
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to College of Agriculture and Research Station, Bemetara, 491335, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 492012, Chhattisgarh, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Power operated turmeric harvester machine is an important harvesting device of turmeric increasingly considered an alternative to traditionally harvesting because of reduced labour, time saving, drudgeries, higher profit and comparable yields. In the conventional method of harvesting, the rhizomes are dug manually with the help of hand tools. This method of harvesting is highly labour intensive, tedious and time consuming. The labour costs of harvesting turmeric account for well over 30 to 40 percent of the total cost of production. Yet harvesting by hand digging leads to some avoidable damages. The better performance of power operated turmeric harvester in terms of damage percentage, digging efficiency, field efficiency and saving in operational cost over traditional method

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