Sapling transplanter and sapling basket-Tools for easy transplanting

Abstract

India is blessed with diverse agro climates with distinct seasons, making it possible to grow variety of vegetables. Many of the vegetables like tomato, brinjal and papers are first sown in nursery beds and are later transplanted manually either on ridges or on a wall prepared seedbed. Most of the farm women are doing transplanting of vegetables with traditional methods like khurpa or by hands. The women work in either standing-cum-bending or squatting posture for transplanting. Since it is a repetitive activity performed for long duration, so working in this posture can cause work-related musculoskeletal disorders and physiological stress. The hand-operated sapling transplanter along with the sapling basket is designed to do the transplanting of vegetable saplings in standing posture.