Design and Fabrication of Multipurpose Agricultural Mini Farm Vehicle Using Scooter Engine

Abstract

Work has been carried out to design and fabricate a multipurpose agricultural vehicle, to perform agricultural operations like goods carrying, pesticide spraying, inter‐cultivating, ploughing. These operations are carried out in sandy loam deep soil. Some modifications were done which includes fabricating a compact vehicle which can be moved easily in the fields. Use of hand tools for cultivation is still leading in India because tractors need resources which many farmers cannot afford. The need for improvisation in agriculture is very much essential, it is important to fill the gap between farmers and technology implementation. The improvement and sustainability of the crops mainly depends on the adoption of improved resource conserving cropping systems. But most of the necessary components already exist, the information about the availability and performance of equipment is very poor between farmers and agricultural research and development departments. From the recent years the input to the farms increased such as fertilizer, insecticide, pesticides, HYV seeds, farm labor cost etc. Increase in the cost makes small land holding farmers at a risk. Due to this lack of information suicide rate is increasing yearly, we need to identify the common factor for this. Because of commercialization of agriculture the suicide rate is increasing. But the crisis remained untouched. Commercialization of the landscape along with large reduction in investment in agriculture was the beginning of the decline.