Groundnut digger

Details: Conventionally, groundnut is harvested by manual pulling, using hand hoe followed by manual pulling, or by ploughing followed by manual pulling. Manual harvesting is very laborious, time consuming and not cost effective. The use of animal drawn and tractor powered groundnut harvester has been very limited due to inefficient harvesting. This tractor (35 HP and above) operated machine digs and uproots the groundnut plant, which is passed over a vibrating conveyor. The separated groundnut can be collected at the rear of machine. The digger, with a field capacity of 1.5 acre per hour, can reduce the cost of harvesting to about 50 per cent of manual harvesting

Innovator: Sanjay Kumar Tilwa -Rajkot, Gujarat

State: Gujarat

Funding agency: Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India

Implementing institute: National Innovation Foundation India (NIF), info.nif@nifindia.org