Channel Making Machine

Details: Working on a farmer's request, Dinesh started developing a machine for making channels for banana farming. It is a tractor (20-25 hp) operated channel-making machine, which digs and conveys the soil on one side with the help of rotating blades powered by the tractor PTO. The two side ploughs dig and guide the soil towards rotating blades during operation. Rotating blades remove soil and convey it to the left side of the machine. At the machine's rear end, two wheels are provided to support the machine in maintaining the required depth. The operating mechanism of soil conveying to cover the root portion of the plants is the novelty of the machine. Though developed initially for banana crops, this machine is now also being used in papaya cultivation. The machine's working width is 62 cm at an average work rate of 0.66 acre/h (depending on the type of work) and average fuel consumption of 2 lit/hr.

Innovator: Dinesh Chaudhary, Durg, Chhattisgarh

State: Chhatisgarh

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

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