A REVIEW ON FARM MECHANIZATION AND ANALYSIS ASPECT FOR DIOSCOREA HISPIDA

MOHD. HUDZARI HJ RAZALI¹*, HASBULLAH HJ MUHAMMAD², NOORDIN ASIMI MOHD³, WAN ISHAK WAN ISMAIL^4
1Faculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), 20400 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
²Faculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), 20400 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
³Faculty of Innovative Design and Technology, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), 20400 KualaTerengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
⁴Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang Selangor, Malaysia
* Corresponding Author : mohdhudzari@unisza.edu.my

Received : 24-02-2011     Accepted : 28-04-2011     Published : 29-04-2011
Volume : 2     Issue : 1       Pages : 21 - 26
J Crop Sci 2.1 (2011):21-26
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.9735/0976-8920.2.1.21-26

Conflict of Interest : None declared

Dioscoreae hispida which entitle Ubi gadong in Malaysia is a poisonous plant where methodical studies have shown that its rhizome contains toxic poison. It can only be consumed after the poison of dioscorin is removed. From the farm mechanization aspect and design review, the condition of soil, the characteristic shape and size of the “Ubi gadong” will be measure. The material selection and acting force are require aspect in the designing, modeling and simulation stage of a handheld harvester which to produce a light and powerful hand tool harvester for application in wildlife forest. The semi automated machine is reviewed and the operation for planting, weeding and harvesting will envelop full operation of Ubi gadong mechanization. Conceptually, the result from modeling will be used to determine the stress, displacement and strain force during design and modification process. During the fabrication stage, welding, grinding and use of workshop machine may be required.

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