Problem Statement:

Usually pepper is plucked by normal nipper or manually and in this process either pepper falls down or the flowers and twains of pepper gets damaged. This innovation addresses the issue involved in plucking the Pepper.

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Detail:

Pepper is either plucked using a regular nipper or manually. A nipper drops the pepper on the ground while manual plucking damages the pepper. Pratheesh (22) developed a plucking tool with a triangular cup below the blades to hold the cut pepper bunch. Pratheesh is a mechanic and has his own workshop for making grills, gates etc. After studying till class ten, he undertook training at an Industrial Training Centre (ITC). Thereafter he met another innovator and started working together on several innovations including stone cutting machine and sand separating machine. Later he started a workshop for production of some of these innovations. However, he found it challenging to market them successfully To make the pepper nipper, a farmer from his village had approached him and had sought a solution. The nipper consists of a two feet long PVC pipe attached to a triangular cup with teeth on the upper side of the cup. The stalk of the pepper is cut by the teeth of the nipper, and the pepper gets collected in the cup below. The length of the nipper is adjustable by attaching PVC or GI pipe. While nippers are available for fruits, this is a simple modification to suit pepper plucking.

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: Pratheesh C
Address: Chakkamthodi (H), Uppukulam Po., Alanallu Via., Palakkad (Palghat)-678601, Kerala
City: Palakkad
State: Kerala
PIN Code 678601

Link:  Makes plucking easy.  One pepper bunch can be plucked in a second.  The triangular shape of the cup helps in plucking the pepper without much effort.
Manufacturing Capacity: a) Turnkey solution, b) Design Support, c) Sub-contracting, d) Licensing, e) Franchising, f) Any other:
Photo Links:

• https://drive.google.com/open?id=1w_redfPGMTNFnPb9V2bD9-ULvRpJ8KFZ

Problem Scale: India