Development and Evaluation of Pedal Thresher for Threshing of Rice

Dagninet Amare; Negese Yayu; Asmamaw Endeblihatu

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Development and Evaluation of Pedal Thresher for Threshing of Rice

Dagninet Amare, Negese Yayu, Asmamaw Endeblihatu

Published in American Journal of Mechanics and Applications (Volume 3, Issue 4)

Received: 5 December 2015 Accepted: 16 December 2015 Published: 25 January 2016

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Abstract

Rice is becoming increasingly an important crop in Ethiopia. Owed to the post harvest losses, evaluation and demonstration of an imported pedal thresher was conducted. In addition, a proto type was developed using reverse engineering. Data was collected using structured data sheet and analyzed using descriptive statistics and parametric tests. Duncan and Tukey mean tests showed the absence of significant mean threshing output difference between the pedal type (127.5kg/hr) and the modified (120kg/hr) one. The result showed statistically different threshing output using these technologies as compared to the traditional method (92kg/hr). The financial analysis showed that an average Fogera farmer (0.35ha rice land) could thresh his annual rice yield within 9.25hrs and 8.68hrs using modified and pedal threshers with a cost reduction of ETB 320.58 compared to the traditional system. The low awareness of the farmers on the consequences and advantages of threshing on quality of rice and subsequently on preference and marketing resulted in low priority for adoption. Hence, large scale awareness creation activities should be done and the technology ought to be promoted widely in order to contribute for the government’s aim as a millennium crop and benefit from the market opportunity reassuring in the country.

Published in	American Journal of Mechanics and Applications (Volume 3, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajma.20150304.11
Page(s)	27-32
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Keywords

Pedal Rice Thresher, Modified Thresher, Traditional Threshing, Duncan, Tukey Test

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Dagninet Amare, Negese Yayu, Asmamaw Endeblihatu. (2016). Development and Evaluation of Pedal Thresher for Threshing of Rice. American Journal of Mechanics and Applications, 3(4), 27-32. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajma.20150304.11

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Dagninet Amare; Negese Yayu; Asmamaw Endeblihatu. Development and Evaluation of Pedal Thresher for Threshing of Rice. Am. J. Mech. Appl. 2016, 3(4), 27-32. doi: 10.11648/j.ajma.20150304.11

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Dagninet Amare, Negese Yayu, Asmamaw Endeblihatu. Development and Evaluation of Pedal Thresher for Threshing of Rice. Am J Mech Appl. 2016;3(4):27-32. doi: 10.11648/j.ajma.20150304.11

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Dagninet Amare

Bahir Dar Agricultural Mechanization and Food Science Research Center, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Negese Yayu

Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Asmamaw Endeblihatu

Bahir Dar Agricultural Mechanization and Food Science Research Center, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

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Dagninet Amare, Negese Yayu, Asmamaw Endeblihatu. (2016). Development and Evaluation of Pedal Thresher for Threshing of Rice. American Journal of Mechanics and Applications, 3(4), 27-32. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajma.20150304.11

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Dagninet Amare; Negese Yayu; Asmamaw Endeblihatu. Development and Evaluation of Pedal Thresher for Threshing of Rice. Am. J. Mech. Appl. 2016, 3(4), 27-32. doi: 10.11648/j.ajma.20150304.11

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Dagninet Amare, Negese Yayu, Asmamaw Endeblihatu. Development and Evaluation of Pedal Thresher for Threshing of Rice. Am J Mech Appl. 2016;3(4):27-32. doi: 10.11648/j.ajma.20150304.11

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