Modified Combine Harvester

Details: It is a tractor operated modified combine harvester with the provision of collecting chaff. It can be operated using tractor of 60 hp and above. The combine harvester, having two separate chambers for storing fodder and wheat grains, cuts stalk of wheat in a manner, which minimizes the loss of grains and fodder during harvesting. This machine harvests one acre (2.5 bigha) of standing crop in an hour. The crop storage chamber of the machine can store wheat up to eight quintals whereas the straw collecting chamber can collect and store about six to eight quintals of straw.

Innovator: Surendra Prasad, Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh

State: Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh

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

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