Studies on the Status and Opportunity of Leafy Vegetable Crop Harvesting in Chhattisgarh

Author: Pushpraj Diwan, R.K. Naik and Amita Gautam

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Abstract

Leafy vegetables have a very high protective food value and are very easy to grow. Due to its high nutritive value, it is very popular in India. The harvesting operation of green leafy vegetable crops is normally done manually. Manual harvesting method is very tedious and time taking operation. A purposive survey was conducted to know the status of adopted method for harvesting of leafy crops. Biometric characteristics and engineering properties of leafy crop were observed to know the behavior of the leafy crop in the field as well as after harvesting. In survey status overall discomfort rating also observed during harvesting of leafy crops by adopted harvesting method (manual harvesting and harvesting with sickle).

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Biometric properties, leafy vegetable harvesting, overall discomfort rating, body part discomfort score and cost of operation.