Solar based multipurpose utility vehicle for agriculture operations

In India more than 50% of total population depends on agriculture. Mainly The conventional method of ploughing and seed sowing are laborious processes and involves drudgery. Though mechanized equipment is available in the market, they are costly and small-scale farmers are not able to buy. In this paper focuses on design and fabrication of a low-cost agriculture utility vehicle for multipurpose operations such as sowing, seeding, spraying, and levelling of land. In this vehicle, a solar panel of silicon type 12v/5watts is used to automate the processes of seeding and spraying by using PMDC motors of 12v/1amp. The objective of this concept is to reduce the manpower and also avoid the time consumption utilizing solar energy.