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Onion harvester with topping unitA complete harvesting machine for onion

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Title Onion harvester with topping unitA complete harvesting machine for onion
 
Creator Naik, Mude Arjun
Pateriya, R N
Ramulu, Ch.
 
Subject Labour cost, Onion digger, Onion harvesting, Shelf life, Specified time, Topping unit
 
Description Onion harvesting is one of the main important agriculture operation. It involves topping of onion leaves up to its neck, digging, soil separation, windrowing and collection. The manual method of onion harvesting involves pulling out plants from the soil or digging with locally available khurpa; then, removal of onion leaves requires a high labour force of nearly about 200-280 man-h per ha, costing about `4200, and it is a tedious job resulting in fatigue and drudgery to workers. Further, the time available for harvesting onion during peak season is limited, causing high labour demand and cost. In addition, the late and early harvesting of onion also effect the storage life. Thus, harvesting onion within a specified time suitable for market needs is the most important factor in onion harvesting. Hence, an onion digger with a topping unit is a machine that harvests onion suitable to market needs in a single pass with a saving of cost to the tune of 57.09% over the conventional harvesting method.
 
Publisher Indian Council of Agricutural Research
 
Date 2024-02-16
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IndFarm/article/view/141774
 
Source Indian Farming; Vol. 74 No. 1 (2024); 25-27
0019-4786
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IndFarm/article/view/141774/53899
 
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