Vol. 11, Issue 3 (2022)

Author(s):
Nakum Divyang Kumar, Narendrakumar Yadav, Divyesh R Vaghela, Kachhad Aratiben, Aruna TN, Deepak Yadav

Abstract:
India is the world's second-largest producer of fruit. Mango fruits are harvested with a traditional harvester (Vedo) by jerking and pushing the harvester such that the fruits fall out or a liquid is poured out when detaching. A manually controlled harvesting mechanism was created to alleviate the problems and limits of the traditional harvesting method (Vedo). Moreover, the manual harvesting method is time consuming and sometimes fruits may get damaged while harvesting. In addition to manual harvester required more effort while operation. In order to overcome the problem and limitations of the manual harvesting method, a battery operated harvesting device was designed. The main object of battery operated harvester is that timeliness operation with full of comfort. This research article includes the development, performance evaluation and techno-economics of the mango harvester to provide feasibility of the farmer for a complete solution of harvesting.