Vegetable Transplanters for Use in Developing Countries—A Review

ABSTRACT

Developing countries contribute 72% of the total vegetable production in the world. The transplanting operation is one of the most labor intensive in vegetable production. It is largely done by hand in India and most developing countries and incurs large investments in labor, time, and cost. This article presents the details of construction of vegetable transplanters in addition to recent advances in their development. Performance of transplanters under actual field conditions is discussed.

KEYWORDS:

• Automatic
• semiautomatic
• pot seedlings
• planting unit
• seedling pick-up unit
• vegetable transplanter

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