Claim · model-written summary
Digger operational cost was Rs. 8242 ha-1.
- Taxon
- carrot
Daucus carotae0 - Outcome
- operational coste0
- Value
- Rs. 8242 ha-1e0
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Verbatim
e0“The operational cost of carrot digger was found Rs. 8242 ha-1”
Title
Performance evaluation of single row tractor operated carrot digger
Agricultural Engineering Today 2020. doi:10.52151/aet2020444.1524
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- Method / resource Optimal blade angle was 21°.
- Method / resource Optimal conveyor angle was reported as 250.
- Method / resource Optimal shoot catch height was 2 cm.
- Method / resource Digger field capacity was 0.11 ha h-1.
- Method / resource Field efficiency was 61.70 %.
- Method / resource Digging efficiency was 100%.
- Method / resource Cut carrots were 0.62%.
- Method / resource Bruised carrots were 0.90%.
- Method / resource Picking efficiency was 62.29%.
- Method / resource De-topping cutting efficiency was 100%.
- Method / resource Digger harvesting required 27 man-h ha-1 versus 450 manually.
- Method / resource The digger saved time and cost compared with manual harvesting.
- Method / resource Break-even point was 234 hours.
- Method / resource Payback period was 2.21 years.
- Method / resource Benefit cost ratio was 1.56.
- Method / resource The digger worked better for single-row ridge sowing than broadcasting.