Determination of some physical and mechanical properties of soybean and maize in relation to planter design

BO Soyoye, OC Ademosun… - Agricultural Engineering …, 2018 - cigrjournal.org
Maize and soybeans are agricultural materials that serve as food to both man and livestock
and also serve as by-product used in manufacturing industries. The knowledge of some …

Design, construction and evaluation of a vertical plate maize seed planter for gardens and small holder farmers

OA Ani, BB Uzoejinwa, NF Anochili - Nigerian Journal of Technology, 2016 - ajol.info
DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND EVALUATION OF A VERTICAL PLATE MAIZE SEED PLANTER
FOR GARDENS AND SMALL HOLDER FARMERS Page 1 * Corresponding author, tel …

Development of a manually operated vertical seed-plate maize planter

BO Soyoye, OC Ademosun… - … International: CIGR Journal, 2016 - cigrjournal.org
Maize has been of great importance in providing food for man, feed for livestock and raw
materials for some agro-based industries. It constitutes a stable food in many regions of the …

Development of a self-propelled multi-crop two rows precision planter: A new design concept for the metering mechanism

EA Alhassan, AD Adewumi… - International Journal of …, 2018 - eprints.lmu.edu.ng
Seed planting is a major step in crop production stages that requires timeliness of operation.
It is tedious, less efficient and time-consuming especially when done manually. In this …

A standard methodology for evaluation of mechanical maize seed meters for smallholder farmers comparing devices from Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and …

J Van Loon, TJ Krupnik, JA López-Gómez, J Timsina… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Precision planting represents an opportunity for farmers to increase income. Seeders and
associated seed meters are prerequisite to achieve optimal plant density. However, to …

Influence of career development on employees' commitment in Public Universities in Kenya

RM Githu - 2018 - ir.jkuat.ac.ke
Career development initiatives benefit both employees and the organization they work for.
Employees benefit from improved, more marketable skills that allow for increased mobility …

Development and performance evaluation of power tiller operated multi-crop planter for hill agriculture

K Khan, J Dixit, M Ali, R Richa, Q Mohd… - SKUAST Journal of …, 2023 - indianjournals.com
A multi-crop planter was developed at Agricultural Engineering Workshop during the year
2021-22 and its field performance was conducted at the vegetable research farm of SKUAST …

Development of a four-row-animal-drawn precision maize planter

K Ahmed, US Mohammed, A Saleh… - Fudma journal of …, 2021 - fjs.fudutsinma.edu.ng
Crop planting is an indispensable farm operation to increase production through the proper
facilitation of optimum plant population per area as well as reducing unnecessary …

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF TRIANGULAR CELL SUNFLOWER SEED METER UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS USING POWER TILLER: PERFORMANCE OF …

FM MHALA, S Marandu, E Elias - … Engineering International: CIGR …, 2024 - cigrjournal.org
At present it was observed that triangular cell sunflower seed metering roller has not been
evaluated under field conditions using tractor powered planter. This study was undertaken to …

[PDF][PDF] Performance evaluation of triangular cell sunflower seed metering roller under field condition using power tiller.

M FM, SI Marandu, EN Elias - Agricultural Engineering International …, 2024 - cigrjournal.org
Presently, the triangular cell sunflower seed metering roller has not been evaluated in field
conditions using a power tiller. This study was undertaken to evaluate its working …