Design and construction of a 2-manual paddy rice transplanter.

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to develop a prototype of a 2-rowmanual rice transplanting machine, this study is to integrate the existing transplanting methods which are tedious, time consuming and laborious hence a challenge to small scale farmers. The reason for this prototype is to design and Construct 2-row manual rice transplanting machine that will be used to improve on rice production since transplanting costs and back pain will be reduced since it's easier to operate and affordable to farmers. The design will be based on the methods of designing the different components of a rice transplanting machine, the will be first raised in a nursery bed, and later transferred to the main garden with a machine fitted with a trans mechanism (usually having some form of reciprocating motion) driven by the power of hand peddling, in order to the transplant rice seedlings onto paddy field.