Cassava Harvester

The cassava harvesting is a tedious work and requires around 40-man days/ha. To ease the job, TAFE has introduced tractor mounted two row Cassava Harvester to work between 1.2 –1.5M crop spacing. The spacing between the bottoms could be adjusted as per the requirement of crop and soil conditions. The shank was designed as a bent leg plough with an angle of 150º to accommodate the dug Cassava tubers. The blade angle of 20º was provided for easy penetration into the soil. The row spacing could be altered by moving the shanks on the main frame. The depth wheels were