The unique thresher depods and separates the green peas from the crop
The Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana has entered into an important memorandum of undertaking (MoU) with Sokhi Manufacturing Company, Samrala, Punjab for the refinement, modification and promotion of the ’Portable Green pea Thresher-cum-Depodder.’
Dr Navtej Singh Bains, Director of Research, PAU and S Hardam Singh, Director, Sokhi Manufacturing Company, Samrala, Punjab signed the MoU on behalf of their respective organisations. Dr GS Manes, Additional Director of Research (FM&BE), informed that the ’Portable Green Pea Thresher-cum-Depodder’ is a unique thresher that threshes, depods and separates the green peas from the crop.
Dr Ajmer Singh Dhatt, Additional Director of Research (Horticulture) emphasised that this machine will mechanise the threshing of pea crop, therefore, will increase the area under the pea crop, which will encourage the cultivation of pea crop for diversification of agriculture in Punjab.
Dr Mahesh Narang, Head, Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering reported that the pea thresher has a throughput capacity of 4.0 t/h and output capacity of green pea about 1.0 t/h. Dr Ashok Kumar, Dean, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology congratulated the Head and team of scientists Dr Rajesh Goyal and Dr Manpreet Singh Dr GS Mangat, Additional Director of Research (NRM), PAU and Dr Amarjeet Kaur( Associate Director Technology Marketing & Intellectual Property Right cell were also present on the occasion.
