Design and Fabrication of Arecanut Harvesting Tool

Arecanut or beetle nut is one of the important commercial crops grown in India, since immemorial time. It is a matter of great proud that India at present ranks 1st in the world both in areca and production of it. Kerala and Karnataka account for about 70% of country’s production. Major areca nut producing countries of the world are India, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia and Bangladesh. India ranks first both in area (58%) and production (53%) of areca nut. Due to non-availability of skilled labour there is wastage of areca nut seeds in the plantation fields. So, at these type of situations a nut harvesting tool can be used to pick up seeds that from the ground efficiently. In the process of picking or collecting the nuts from the areca nut fields many nuts gets wasted because of the height of the tree and collecting the remaining nuts in the ground involves labour. In this situation a nut harvesting machine can be used efficiently.