Farm Power And Machinery (1+1)

Tapioca harvester

Tapioca harvester

• The tapioca harvester is tractor operated implement. It consists of a main frame with three point hitch system, shank with depth adjustment and digging blades with pegs. Provision is made to for adding dead weight on the main frame.
  
• The digging blade is trapezoidal in shape and five pegs are fitted in front of the blade for easy penetration into the soil and reduce the draft requirement of the unit. Before digging operation the top portion of the plant has to be removed. When the implement is pulled forward, tapioca tubers are uprooted.
• The salient features of the are : harvesting efficiency is about 98%, can be easily attachable to any make of 35 hp tractor, reduction in harvesting cost compared to manual harvesting, tubers are not left as undug in the field and additional irrigation for manual digging is eliminated.