Honey Bee Network Knowledge & Innovation Database (HBNKIND)
Practice Name:
Arrowroot Grinding Machine
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| Category | Agriculture,House Hold Innovations,Other Machinery,Equipments,Agro processing,Others,Rural Machinery,Farm Implements |
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| Scout | HBN |
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| Details of Innovation | Mr. A T Thomas, a marginal farmer, had plenty of arrowroot in his field which had to be powdered manually - this task is time-consuming and as it is also strenuous, labour demands high rates to perform this job. These challenges led him to devise a machine that would efficiently perform the grinding of arrowroot. He then developed a machine with a 16-inch wooden roller which also proved to be time-consuming. After continuous trials, he developed a more efficient machine to powder arrowroot. This machine is 1 foot square, 3 feet high and weighs 40 kg. This machine can powder 100 kg. of fresh arrowroot in 25 minutes (100 kg. fresh arrowroot are required to turn out 8 kg. powder). One kilogram of arrowroot powder commands a price of Rs.250. Most people in neighbouring areas use this machine for powdering their arrowroot. Thomas charges Rs.1.50 for powdering one kilogram of arrowroot. |
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| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | A. T. Thomas |
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| City / District | Kottayam |
| KVK District | KVK Kottayam, Kumarakom North P.O, Kottayam, Kerala- 686566 |
| Address | Kottayam ,Kerala |
| Languages Spoken | Malayalam |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | Kerala |
| PIN Code | 686652 |
| PAS_1 | "ARROWROOT GRINDING MACHINE."https://nif.org.in/innovatiorrowroot_grinding_machine/112 |
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| PAS_2 | "Arrowroot Grinder Making Machine Automatic Crusher Arrowroot Starch Cutting Processing Line."https://jh-starchmachine.en.made-in-china.com/product/evgJxtAMISRT/China-Arrowroot-Grinder-Making-Machine-Automatic-Crusher-Arrowroot-Starch-Cutting-Processing-Line.html |
| Agro Ecological Zone | Western Ghats And Coastal Plain, Hot Humid region (19.2),Western Ghats And Coastal Plain, Hot Humid region (19.2),Southern Zone(KE 2) |
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| Practice ID | KNW0020000000219 |
| Reference | HBN database |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/1151 |
| Reference | HBN database |
| Scout | HBN |