Compost applicators for horticulture

1st International Conference on Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in The Tropics

农业科学;经济学

Iqbal^1 ; Achmad, M.^1 ; Sapsal, M.T.^1

Agricultural Engineering Departement, Hasanuddin University, Jalan Perintis Kemerdekaan KM 10, Makassar

90245, Indonesia^1

关键词: Agricultural productions;    Agricultural science;    Efficient technology;    Horticultural crops;    Increase productions;    Joint connections;    Mechanical equipment;    Ornamental trees;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/157/1/012007/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/157/1/012007

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Horticulture is the art of planting fruit trees, vegetables, and ornamental or agricultural science that deals with the cultivation of gardens, including planting vegetable plants, fruit, flowers, and shrubs and ornamental trees. Fertilization is one of the important things to increase production, even until now regarded as a dominant factor in agricultural production. The use of compost can provide benefits for soil and plants. Problems that occur at the time of application of compost needed manpower and considerable expense, so it needs an efficient technology in the form of mechanical equipment that is simple and easy to operate. This study aims to modify applicator for sugar cane dry land so that it can be used on horticultural crops (vegetables) land and seeks to increase the efficiency of the applicator compost through modifications the system coupling that can be drawn using the tractor two wheels. The results show that the prototype model of applicator conveyor belt type had been made was functioning properly. Modification is done by replacing the joint connection between the applicator and the tractor. The volume of applicator compost is one meter cubic.