Power Operated Passive Weeder

Power Operated Passive Weeder


Name : Kadivendi Mahipalchary

District & State :  -1, Telangana

Category : Utility

Award :   Consolation

Award Function :   8th National Grassroots Innovation Awards

Award Year : 2015


The weeder developed by the innovator is a self-propelled cultivator having passive tillage tool (reversible shovel type with tynes) where the operator needs to walk behind the machine. With an average coverage of 0.4-0.5 acre/h at average fuel consumption 0.5 lit/h, this weeder fills the gap between small tractor and draft animal operated tillage machinery. The can also be used for secondary tillage operation, sowing and applying fertilizer/ insecticides apart from hoeing and weeding.