Seed treatment drum

Function: For uniform mixing of chemicals in seeds for its treatment before sowing.

Brief description
A manually operated hand ridger has been developed for making ridges. It consists of ridger and pulling beam with T- type handle. Field needs to be well prepared for getting better performance of equipment for making ridges/furrows. The equipment is operated by two women workers, one for pulling and another for pushing and guiding.
Capacity: 330 m2/h

Benefits:

• About 67% saving in cardiac cost of worker per unit output with the ridger in comparison to the traditional method of making ridges.
• It avoids bending posture, which is generally adopted in traditional method with short handled tools for making ridges.
• Productivity of worker doubles with the equipment than traditional practice.

Cost: Rs. 700/-
Developed at: CIAE, Bhopal-NRCWA sub centre
Source of Availability:

• CIAE, Nabi Bagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal- 462 038.