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An Innovative Mind to Mend the Machines |
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Residing in the dry land region of North Gujarat, India, Ramjibhai Chaudhary (50) is a farmer from Rapar. The technical outlook of Ramjibhai helps him in designing new farm implements and upgrading the existing machines for better performance. A team from SRISTI and GIAN met him during the shodhyatra in Kutchh. |
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"Ramjibhai Chaudhary
Rapar, District: Kutch- Bhuj, Gujarat, India
Ramjibhai Chaudhry, an innovator from Rapar, north Gujarat region owns forty-five acres of land, five bore wells, a few tractors and three gardens. He did not receive any formal education from any technical institution but was actively involved in farming from a very early age. He was able to recognise the problems encountered while growing crops and used his intellect and traditional knowledge to develop and design new improved farm implements. He has a deep inclination towards enhancing the workability of the farm equipment. Following are some of his novel creations:
1. Hydraulic L-shaped bucket for filling fodder grass in tractor trolley
The hydraulic bucket minimises the number of labourers required. This machine is useful in situations when there is minimal or lack of availability of labourers. An attachment was constructed by bending three rods in L- shape and joining them to form a JCB like structure. This attachment can be clamped to a tractor and used for picking fodder grass, gravels, soil, etc.
2. Hydraulic bucket for filling sand and organic manure in a truck
Filling cow dung manure in a truck is extremely labour intensive so Ramjibhai thought of attaching to the tractor, a square stand with a thickness of four inches and length of 10 to 12 fee which is bent at 160 degrees at the centre to the tractor. A hydraulic system with four pipes is arranged for the vertical movement of tractor. At the back end of the tractor, a round bucket (three feet in diameter) is bolted which enables him to increase the speed of work.
3. Equipment for organic fertiliser application (vermi-compost and buttermilk) A metallic sheet of 6x5 feet is bent to form a bucket like structure which is then placed at the centre. Holes are made in the bucket and a metal Khurpi/Trowel is fixed for making furrows and holes. Doors are provided for dispensing organic fertiliser.
4. Groundnut digging machine
Groundnut harvesting is a labour- intensive job. Many times, the stalks break and pods remain under the soil surface. Consequently, the overall harvest gets affected. The machine developed by Ramjibhai helps in solving this problem. Digging is done at an adequate depth and the plant is lifted from the soil bed. Metal strips are used for digging. This innovation of Ramjibhai has helped him reduce close to 40 labourers which is a significant number.
5. Furrow making machine for castor and groundnut fields
When the castor and groundnut saplings are about seventy-five days old, furrow has to be made in the field for irrigation and manure application. A metal angle of six feet by two feet is attached to a tractor-cultivator. A metallic sheet of 1.5 feet to 2 feet is attached diagonally so that two furrows can be made at a time. Size of the furrow can be adjusted as per the requirement.
6. Device for lifting motor out of bore well
To lift a motor from a depth of
500 to 1000m, four rods of 10 to
12 feet are attached to a frame of seven feet by four feet to make a stand and a pulley is created using a jeep tyre ring. The whole device is attached to a tractor. Only a couple of workers are required to do the entire operation thus reducing the associated labour costs.
7. Rollers for mixing groundnut crop waste in soil for green manuring
A thresher is made by using iron angles to create a rectangular frame of ten feet by five feet. A diesel engine is fitted to the frame with shaft and roller arrangements. Rollers of 200 litres capacity are welded, rods fitted, bars arranged at both ends and stand is prepared using an iron rod. Bending of groundnut crop is needed to maximise yield.
8. Double sided trolly for fodder collection
For baling the fodder in a trolley manually, four to five people are required. But in this trolley, one person can bind ropes and press the fodder. On the right side of the trolley, pipes are attached which help in baling the ropes. The trolly works with twice the efficiency when equipped with two hydraulic pumps.
9. Fan blower for fodder collection
A fan is fixed with a blower made of metal shafts of three feet. The blower is attached by a stand to the tractor, which can easily collect fodder. The entire operation of the machine can be operated by a single person.
10. Automatic seed drill
Automatic seed drill consists of a cultivator, pipes and a seed storage box but sometimes sowing is disrupted due to blocked holes. The solution to this problem is to arrange separate boxes for dispensing seeds and fertiliser.
11. Tractor with bullet engine for spraying manure and pesticides
Two barrels of 200 litres are fixed on a stand with sprayer pump which means 400 litres can be sprayed at any given time, resulting in the process of low cost spraying.
12. Mini tractor driven harvester
Fodder grass harvesting can be easily done while driving the tractor in reverse. Seat of the tractor and gearbox are arranged in reverse to avoid traditional reverse driving. While cutting green fodder, waste is reduced. A mini tractor-type machine and a used tyre of Chhakado vehicle are used. A small rotator is attached behind this machine with the help of angles. Ramjibhai Chaudhary is the man behind all these improvisations in the farm implements and machines. All the modified equipment is solely for personal consumption. It is surprising that someone with no formal school education or any technical education could come up with so many brilliant ideas. Till now Ramjibhai has constructed only one prototype of each machine/ implement. He has reportedly achieved considerable success in reducing labour cost and also enhanced crop productivity. Disseminating his knowledge and bulk manufacturing of his innovations could benefit many other farmers who could adapt his ideas.
Ramjibhai Chaudhry is now associated with Honey Bee Network through which his innovative ideas are getting recognised. He is a GIAN incubatee now. The readers are encouraged to bring to us more such innovative people from different corners of the world 1.
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Honey Bee, 29(4) & 30(1) ,38-40, 2019 |
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