Farm Machinery

IIT Kharagpur, , Prof. Prof. VK Tewari

Updated On 02 Feb, 19

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INTENDED AUDIENCE: Agricultural Engineering

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Lecture 1: Lecture 1 : Importance of Farm Machines in the Contest of Enhance Production, Multiple Cropping, Labour Scarcity etc.

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Week 1  :   Importance of farm machines in the contest of enhance production, multiple cropping, labour scarcity etc.
Week 2  : Ploughing and first opening of the soil, the design and component details.
Week 3  : Machinery of seedbed preparation operation.
Week 4  :   Equipment for sowing and planting and inter cultivation.
Week 5  : Variable Rate Fertilizer Applicator, Microprocessor Based Herbicide Applicator, Spraying etc.
Week 6  : Equipment for irrigation
Week 7  : Machinery for crop harvesting design and operation
Week 8  : Root crop harvesting machinery
Week 9  : Machinery for horticultural crops
Week 10  : Equipment for crop protection and disease control
Week 11  :  Machinery for transport and material handling
Week 12  : Machinery for land drainage, reclamation and estate maintenance