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Multipurpose Threshing Machine

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Category	Crop Protection and Disease Management
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Scout	HBN
Ingredients	18-gauge sheet, angles, small and big pulleys
Details of Innovation	Ranikbhai Bavkubhai Dhadhal has parctical experience. He started as a labourer and worked his way up into manufacturing machines. Today, he is a manufacturer of threshing machines with over three decades experience behind him. Since he was a farm labourer, he was well-aware of the problems of farm hands as well as farmers. Both the viewpoints have gone into the making of his machine. Since he began over 30 years ago, Ranikbhai has made many changes in his thresher before devloping his pucca thresher. It is fitted with an oil engine. Ranikbhais threshing machine cleans groundnut, wheat, millet, pulses, sunflower, soyabean and other grains. One advantage of this machine is that the harvested seed is ready for sale in the market.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Ranigbhai Bahvkubhai Dhandal
District	Rajkot
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Junagadh Agricultural University, Dry Farming Research Station, Targhadia (RAJKOT)-360003
Address	Jasdan, post jasdan place near bus stand,
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	360050

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Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Western Plain, Kachchh And Part Of Kathiawar Peninsula, Hot Arid Eco-Region (2.4) , Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains & Hills Region (XIII) , Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Saurashtra (GJ-6)
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Practice ID	DTP0010000001117
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/215
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	360050