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Design, Construct and Evaluation of a Single Row Hand-Pushed Mechanical Weed Control Machine

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Titre
Design, Construct and Evaluation of a Single Row Hand-Pushed Mechanical Weed Control Machine
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Auteur(s)
  • SALEH A.
  • SULEIMAN M. L.
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YC2I8EJN
Version
3657
Url zotero
https://www.zotero.org/groups/2567444/items/YC2I8EJN
Date ajout
3 mai 2021 13:40
Date modification
3 mai 2021 13:41
Résumé
Weed control is one of the major problems in crop and vegetable production in Nigeria. Most of the peasant farmers use manual weeders in their cultivation, a process that is costly, labour intensive and time consuming. The process does not also give the farmer adequate returns to enable him breakeven. It is, therefore, necessary to design a weeding equipment which minimize the human effort and provide efficient work output for the peasant farmer. This study focus on designing, construction and evaluation of a hand-pushed weed control machine that would eliminate the challenges being faced by the farmer in weeding. Materials selected to suit the construction of the weeder are durable and locally available, easily replaced if damaged and at affordable cost. They include mild steel (3mm, 5mm), 30 mm circular (hollow) pipes, 10 mm diameter steel rod, and 40 cm pneumatic tyre. The developed weeding machine was evaluated in the experimental farm of IAR with impressive results. It works well in sandy loam soil of about 25.65% moisture content and requires less labour force compared to the manual hoe. It has about 84.7% weeding efficiency, 0.0129ha/hr effectivefield capacity, 0.019ha/hr theoretical field capacity and 68% field efficiency. The average cost of the weeding is N21, 000:00. Keywords: Manual weeding, hand-pushed weeder, weeding efficiency, field efficiency
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CRAW tags
  • AB - Transversal
  • FREDO adventice
  • FREDO machine, bâtiment et infrastructure
  • GEO Afrique
  • GEO Nigéria
  • désherbage
  • mechanical weed control
WEB tags
  • manual weeding
  • field efficiency
  • hand-pushed weeder
  • weeding efficiency
Titre de la publication
Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management
Volume
25
Pages
401-406
Date caractères
2021/04/27
Date publication
27 avril 2021
Doi
10.4314/jasem.v25i3.14 Le DOI est une URL unique de référencement d'une publication. Il est donc plus fiable et permanent qu'une URL classique
Issn
2659-1502 L’ISSN est un code de 8 chiffres servant à identifier les journaux, revues, magazines, périodiques de toute nature et sur tous supports, papier comme électronique.
Url publication
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jasem/article/view/206447