Practice Name:

Coconut husk-threshing machine

Details
Category	Farm Implements
Crop
Crop Family
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Scout	HBN
Ingredients	It runs on a 10 HP diesel engine.
Details of Innovation	After years of research Mr.Chandran innovated a machine for threshing paddy for the first time in Kerala. This machine is very popular. Seeing this innovation,a former industry minister approached him and asked him to develop a machine for threshing coconut husk for making coir; he did so. The machine costs Rs 3 lakh and requires two laborers for threshing 5000 husks in 8 hours. It works with a 10 HP. diesel engine and is easily transportable.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	K Chandran
City / District	Barpeta
KVK District	KVK, Barpeta, Assam Agricultural University, Howly, PIN: 781316
Address	Barpeta, Assam
Languages Spoken	Assamese
Vocation	Farming
State	Assam
PIN Code	781301

PAS_1	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shirin_Dianati/publication/317674144_Coconut_Water_and_Peptone_Improve_Seed_Germination_and_Protocorm_Like_Body_Formation_of_Hybrid_Phalaenopsis/links/5948a214aca272f02e0b0a40/Coconut-Water-and-Peptone-Improve-Seed-Ger
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone	Assam And Bengal Plain, Hot Subhumid To Humid (Inclusion Of Perhumid) Eco-Region (15.2),Eastern Himalayan Region (II) ,Lower Brahmaputra Valley Zone (AS-4),Kamrup, Nalbari, Baksa, Barpeta, Chirang, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Dhubri, Goalpara
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	KNW0020000000268
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/945
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN