Design of animal-drawn cereal grains no-till planter
Mehari Ghebreyesus Mehari Ghebreyesus, Yared Tesfay, Luwam Habteab Luwam Habteab, Mehari Eyob, Yonatan Beyene, Rteei Tewelde +2 more
Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture
Abstract
The development of the no-till system in Eritrea presents a significant opportunity to achieve earlier and more timely planting. Tillage wastes a lot of time, energy, and a lot of money in the form of fuel, labor, and equipment concerning the lifestyle of Eritrean farmers. Therefore, to solve this problem animal drawn no-till planter is designed to make the farming operation easy and efficient, simple to operate, it reduces the amount of work for tillage and combines several steps of tillage in the machine. No-till systems can be designed in different forms of tractor-mounted, manually operated, and animal-drawn planters. These mechanized systems would introduce additional barriers to adoption including the high cost of investment, availability and cost of fuel, and the need to use syndica