2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of farm work machine for shaft tillage and transplanting by aged farmer

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21780233
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Agricultural environmental engineering
Research Institution	Kinki University
Principal Investigator	TATSUNO Junya Kinki University, 工学部, 准教授 (40297594)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	最小耕うん / 高齢者農業 / 自動化 / チェーンポット苗 / 移植機
Research Abstract	The purpose of this research is to develop the farm work machine for aged farmer. They can practice the shaft tillage cultivation with the farm work machine. The developed farm work machine consists of two units for shaft tillage and seedling supply. The seedling supply unit is manufactured using some parts of the chain pot planter on the market. The planting test was carried out by the developed farm. As a result of the experiment, the success rate became about 90%. The factor of the planting failure originated chiefly in the seedling. Then, we suggested the higher technology of sowing and raising seedling must to be researched to supply more uniform seedling.

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