Performance Evaluation of Draught Animal Power Cultivator
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Prefix 10.18034 This performance evaluation was conducted to pave the way for making use of Draught Animal Power Cultivator and cosequently possibilities of adaptation in our local condition between 2010 and 2011 in the Jimma zone two districts of southwestern Ethiopia on the farmers’ field to evaluate energy requirement. To improve weed management at the small holder farmers level, animal-drawn cultivating equipment is now available, with very little technical information available to the farmer on their performance, commonly used in different countries. Sets of intercultural equipment had been evaluated on farmers' fields to assess energy requirement. The average crop height, plant population and average weed population ranged from 200-450 mm, 1.66 plants/m 60350 weed/m2respectively. The average effective field capacity of threetine cultivator, five-tine cultivator and traditional Plow were 0.05,0.08 and 0.03 (ha/h) respectively. The saving in the cost of operation of three-tine cults, five-tine-cults, and traditional Plow were 78.64, 47.48 and 133.00 (Birr/ha) respectively. In labor requirement, saving were 19.66, 11.87 and 33.25 (man-h/ha) respectively. The three-tine cultivator had been preferred by farmers because of its light weight over the five-tine cultivator. Therefore, it had been recommended for popularization in any row planted crops as it gave better field capacity (0.05 ha/h) and higher saving in the cost of operation (78.64 Birr/ha) over the traditional Plow.
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