Hand Driven Sprayer
Farm Machinery
Gopalbhai Surtia
City: Kantholi
State: Gujarat |  |
| | Description: | | The innovation uses the circular motion of the wheels of a hand driven cart to drive the piston of the sprayer. The hand driven cart uses the wheels of a bicycle to reduce friction and weight. | | Salient features: | - Customized barrel for storing pesticides
- Nozzle distance and the height of the spray boom can be adjusted as per the orientation of the crop
- Easy to maintain and repair
- Can spray 1 acre of land in 6 hours of operation with an ergonomic speed of a human being
About Gopalbhai:
Gopalbhai is a farmer by profession and invented the sprayer because he himself was facing the problem of labour shortage and inconvenience with conventional sprayer. He started working on this idea in 1997 amidst opposition from his family members. A number of the neighboring farmers borrow his pump as they are belt o see the benefits and cost savings. | | IPR status: | | Patent Application has been filed in India | | MRP: | | Rs. 4000/- | | Current status: | | GIAN has already transferred the technology, though on a non-exclusive basis, to an entrepreneur from Ahmedabad for Marketing and Manufacturing in the whole of India.
| | Special Achievements: | | Technology has been trasferred to entrepreneur on non exclusive basis.
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