Claim · model-written summary
The digger saved time and cost compared with manual harvesting.
- Taxon
- carrot
Daucus carotae0 - Outcome
- time and cost of operatione0
- Direction
- savese0
- Comparator
- manual method of carrot harvestinge0
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Verbatim
e0“it saves time and cost of operation in comparison to manual method of carrot harvesting.”
Title
Performance evaluation of single row tractor operated carrot digger
Agricultural Engineering Today 2020. doi:10.52151/aet2020444.1524
Other claims from this paper (16)
- 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 Digger operational cost was Rs. 8242 ha-1.
- 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.