A battery-powered, walking-type cereal crop harvester was developed, incorporating anthropometric data of women from the North Eastern Hill (NEH) region, to address the issues of drudgery, rapid fatigue, and occupational health risks commonly faced by female agricultural workers....
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2025/v47i73557
Engineering properties of crop plants play a vital role in the design and optimization of efficient harvesting machinery. Full-scale adoption of mechanized harvesting technologies remains limited in the NEH region due to fragmented fields, undulating terrain, and the absence of c...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2025/v31i73270
The study was done to determine the anthropometric, physical, physiological, and workload characteristics of women operators (N=7) during manual sowing and weeding activities for several medicinal plants. The planting and weeding activities were done using a shovel and a hand hoe...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2024/v30i62079
Background: This research presents a significant stride in precision agriculture, focusing on the development and field evaluation of a self-propelled intra-row weeder engineered using mechatronics and machine learning. The study was motivated by the need for labor-efficient and...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2024/v46i72603
Mango (Mangifera indica L.), universally recognized as the "king of fruits," holds a preeminent position in global horticulture, particularly within the Indian economy. Despite India contributing approximately 40% of global production with an annual output of 26.23 million tonnes...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2026/v18i52057