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Mohd Shahmihaizan Mat Jusoh, . and Mohd Nadzim Nordin, . and Hafidha Azmon, . and Adli Fikri Ahmad Sayuti, . and Eddy Herman Sharu, . (2023) Performance evaluation of a root ball pedestrian type transplanter on ginger planting. International Journal of Agriculture, Forestry and Plantation (Malaysia), 13. pp. 180-184. ISSN 2462-1757
Abstract
This article reports on the performance evaluation of a pedestrian type transplanter on ginger planting. The experiments were conducted on mineral soil at the Engineering Research Center Plot in MARDI Serdang, Selangor. The shortage of labours was a main problem thus the need for mechanization arises. Conventional method of ginger planting was using manual hand to plant the seeds into soil. To overcome this issue, a root ball pedestrian type transplanter was introduced and tested. When tested on a planting bed, the equipment functioned admirably. The results of the performance test revealed that the planting rate was 88% for the machine. On average, the machine required 10 hours to complete planting ginger in 1 hectare while manual planting took about 13.5 hours to complete the planting process based on 2 men operating respectively. Results from the experiment indicated that the field efficiency was 95.65% and machine required 20man.hr/ha whereas human planting required 27man.hr/ha. This result indicated that labour usage reduced by 26% compared to the conventional method. For future research, it would be good to analyse on the ginger growth performance and yield based on the machine used.
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Abstract
This article reports on the performance evaluation of a pedestrian type transplanter on ginger planting. The experiments were conducted on mineral soil at the Engineering Research Center Plot in MARDI Serdang, Selangor. The shortage of labours was a main problem thus the need for mechanization arises. Conventional method of ginger planting was using manual hand to plant the seeds into soil. To overcome this issue, a root ball pedestrian type transplanter was introduced and tested. When tested on a planting bed, the equipment functioned admirably. The results of the performance test revealed that the planting rate was 88% for the machine. On average, the machine required 10 hours to complete planting ginger in 1 hectare while manual planting took about 13.5 hours to complete the planting process based on 2 men operating respectively. Results from the experiment indicated that the field efficiency was 95.65% and machine required 20man.hr/ha whereas human planting required 27man.hr/ha. This result indicated that labour usage reduced by 26% compared to the conventional method. For future research, it would be good to analyse on the ginger growth performance and yield based on the machine used.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| AGROVOC Term: | ginger |
| AGROVOC Term: | planting |
| AGROVOC Term: | mechanization |
| AGROVOC Term: | transplanters |
| AGROVOC Term: | labour |
| AGROVOC Term: | mineral soils |
| AGROVOC Term: | labour saving technologies for women |
| AGROVOC Term: | efficiency |
| Geographical Term: | Malaysia |
| Depositing User: | Mr. Khoirul Asrimi Md Nor |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Jun 2026 03:08 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Jun 2026 03:08 |
| URI: | http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/4009 |
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