Development and Demonstration of a Wheat Harvester for Small Farms of India

Abstract

In this project, we focus on developing wheat harvester for small farms of India. Farming has become efficient today since farmers have started adopting modern technologies such as tractors, threshers, etc. Still, farmers having small farms in India cannot afford such machines. Also, these machines are not designed to work on small farms. So, in small farms, manual labor is used for basic farming operations such as harvesting. It costs farmers concerning both, the money and the time. Also, people working as labor in such farms develop health issues such as back pain as they need to sit in an awkward position on the ground while harvesting. In our research, we have noticed that around 20 people are required to harvest the wheat in around 0.25-acre land in 1 day. So, this wheat harvester has the potential to reduce the labor force required tremendously.