Implement For Separating Green Pods From Gram Plant
About the Practice
Gram (Cicer arientinum) is consumed as vegetable which fetches more price compared to dry grams. Manually harvest needs more time and altimately more cost, so to reduce the cost of separating green pods of gram from plant, iron nails of 3 inches are fitted on the wooden block and the plant with pods is allowed to pass through it. This separates the green pods from the plant. Method is very efficient and a single person can separate about 450-500 kg of green pods a day.This is self developed implement by the innovator.
About the Innovator
Address: Olpad
District: Surat
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 394540
Practice Details
Formulation: To reduce the cost of separating green pods of gram from plant, iron nails of 3 inches are fitted on the wooden block and the plant with pods is allowed to pass through it. This separates the green pods from the plant. Method is very efficient and a single person can separate about 450 to 500 kg of green pods a day.
Ingredients: Wooden block, iron nail