agriculture

Ripper Planter

[uses conservation tilling to efficiently plant seeds]

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

Summary & Motivation	Project Initiator: Mike Kelly, from GROW Start Date: August, 2004 Projected Completion Date: Not applicable Current Status: Ideas stage As a volunteer with the agency GROW, Mike Kelly approached ATS about the idea of developing a low-cost ripper planter to plant seeds more efficiently. This tool would only disturb the soil at a single point, preventing the rest of the soil from losing its productivity due to disturbance. Less disturbance prevents the killing of useful organisms which usually occurs when the soil is turned. These tools are available in South Africa (Currently being used in Durban) but are rather expensive. They are also available in Brazil. [top]
Community	This technology would be marketed to farmers, especially those in the Mokhotlong region of Lesotho. [top]
Specifications	Must be pullable by draft animals [top]
Issues	Help is needed in the following areas: Designing ripper planter. [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 ripper planter. Documents [top]

*.pdf - Portable Document File / *.doc - Document (Microsoft Word) / *.jpg - Joint Photographic Experts Group (Browser) / *.zip - WinZip Compressed File (WinZip)

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