Stakeholder Profile

Problems faced by

Fertilizer spraying machine is difficult to carry while spraying in field and the farmer gets pain in the backbone

Fertilizer spray affect the health of the farmer causing harmful diseases, It is time consuming and painful to remove weeds from the field.

The physical labor is high.

Shortage of man power for agriculture based work like sowing seeds, planting saplings, weeds removal, pesticide sprinkling.

Need to pay high wages for agri based works since demand is high due to lack of manpower.

Interaction details and customer requirements

After interaction with our community partner (Rajamallu) his profile, daily activities related to his profession, problems faced and his requirements are summarized as follow:

Needs low budget fertilizer spraying machine which has less weight, easily portable and easy operation, Removing the weeds in easy method without bending all the day

A machine which is less complex to operate.

Machine which involves less labor.

Product image and brief functionality

The pesticide liquid is sent to the main pipe with help of motor and from there it is sent to the nozzle through sub pipes

The nozzle sprinkle the pesticide uniformly on the plant

User Testing and Feedback:

Testing

Initial testing is carried at the Customers paddy field

The feedback is taken and the product is modified as per the feedback.

The pesticide liquid is sent to the main pipe with help of motor and from there it is sent to the nozzle through sub pipes

The nozzle sprinkle the pesticide uniformly on the plant

Feedback:

It is very useful

It is really reducing the pain like carrying the pesticide machine

It is reducing the time

Implementation

Initial testing is carried at the Customers paddy field

It is really reducing the pain like carrying the pesticide machine

It is reducing the time