Fodder harvesting is one of the enumerative as well as job creative farming. Lucerne is one
of the oldest cultivated fodder crops in the world. In a present day, mostly harvesting of
fodder in India and Gujarat done by manually. The well matured lucerne are harvested
manually by sickle which is time consuming and inefficient. More over manual harvesting is
done in a Squatting position which is arduous to the farmer and causes backache.
Therefore, a project on development and performance evaluation of lucerne harvesting …

Fodder production is one of the enumerative as well as job creative farming. Lucerne is one
of the most important fodder crops in abroad as well as India. It has high nutritive values,
high productivity and wider adaptability. It is generally believed that lucerne originated in
South-West Asia. It was first cultivated in Persia (Iran), the name alfalfa being an Arabic
word. Its deeper root system makes it very adaptable to dry areas with irrigation facilities. It
grows well as a rain-fed or un-irrigated crop in high water table areas. Traditionally, the well …