agriculture

Cabbage Planter

[allowing commerical cabbage planters to sow seedlings more rapidly]

[Summary & Motivation] [Community] [Specifications] [Issues] [Contacts] [Documents]

Summary & Motivation	Project Initiator: Local commerical cabbage planter (T.H. Lebentlele) Start Date: 2001 Projected Completion Date: Not applicable Current Status: Ideas stage A local cabbage planter came to ATS looking for a solution to his problem of planting several acres of cabbage seedlings every year. While such a large amount of planting may be a problem for large-scale farmers, it was found that small-scale farmers were not having problems with planting the seedlings. Therefore, this project was tabled indeterminately, but recently small models of cabbage planters were seen at agricultural demonstrations in Maseru. [top]
Community	This technology would be marketed to commercial cabbage planters. [top]
Specifications	Can plant seedlings upright with minimum damage Decreases amount of time spent planting seedlings Can be attached to either tractor or animal Minimizes damage to soil through excessive disturbance (Conservation tilling) [top]
Issues	Help is needed in the following areas: Evaluating current cabbage planter designs to see if they could be made cheaply and easily by ATS. [top]
Contacts	Project Leader: Kopano Tsenoli MIT Contact: Not available (If interested, please email mit_ats@MIT.edu) ATS Contact: Kopano Tsenoli <ktsenoli@hotmail.com> Website (If applicable):   [top]
Documents	DOCUMENTS Description (Name) [Date] Download Small-Scale Agricultural Implements Needs Assessment Contains contact for commercial cabbage planting. Documents [top]

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