Innovation Description
Profile
Innovator Mr. Kamal Padihar hails from Raipur district of Chhatisgarh.
Purpose
Mr. Kamal has developed the self-propelled sprayer to ease in spraying to the farmers in terms of removing the load from their back and avoid unwanted incidents due to the harmful chemicals.
Technical
details
Mr. Kamal developed a self-propelled sprayer which can be guided by pulling. The benefit is the farmer need not come in contact with the spray as a nozzle is provided backside and in the backward direction. The farmer walk front and the spraying is done behind. It can be started just like a power tiller. The guiding/pulling handle is made up of an iron frame (which length is adjustable by nut and bolts. Two-wheel is provided over the frame to carry the spraying tank. It can be operated between two rows. It runs in a middle way and covers two rows with respect to spraying.
Performance
Fuel consumption is 1 lit per 3 h. It can cover 5-6 acres of land in 8 hours.
Benefits
Farmers have not to carry such heavy loads like full tanks. Farmer remains safe from the harmful chemicals that come out from the spray.
Suggested reading(s):Bharatbhai, J., D. (2017). Automatic agriculture pesticide spraying vehicle, International journal of engineering development and research, 5(4), 1585-1590.
Karale, D. S., Kankal, U. S., Khambalkar, V. P., & Gajakos, A. V. (2014). Performance evaluation of self propelled boom sprayer. International Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 7(1), 137-141.
Penido, É. D. C. C., Teixeira, M. M., Fernandes, H. C., Monteiro, P. B., & Cecon, P. R. (2019). Development and evaluation of a remotely controlled and monitored self-propelled sprayer in tomato crops. Revista Ciência Agronômica, 50(1), 8-17.
