FABRICATION OF MANUALLY OPERATED SEED DRILL FOR ARACHIS HYPOGEAE AND ZEA MAYS

Abstract

Oil seeds plays vital role in furthering sustainable agriculture as they are the major source of 
nutrients. Groundnut is a major oil seed crop grown in the areas receiving 50-120cm of well 
distributed rainfall. So pulses and cereals have been a choice for the farmers for cultivation due 
to soil management techniques. The farming sector in India primarily of small scale farmers, the 
inability of small farmers to purchase and adopt improved technology of reduces the yield of 
production. The main objective of sowing operation is to place seed at proper position as well as 
reduce the cost of labors. Thus this paper, design and develop a manually operated seed drill for 
groundnut and maize which is suitable for marginal land holdings and plant the seed at specific 
distance with specific quantity and reduce the drudgery involved in manual planting method and 
increases the efficiency and also reduce the cost of sowing the seed by using the machine. The 
seed counting machine is used to count the seed and the revolution of the seed drill. The field 
trials reveal that the seed drill was performed well and found suitable for the small and marginal 
farmers.