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Friday, January 28, 2011

KERA SURAKSHA (COCONUT TREE CLIMBING MACHINE)

KERA SURAKSHA (COCONUT TREE CLIMBING MACHINE)

   The Agricultural Research station under Kerala Agriculture University has developed a coconut climbing machine.It will make coconut climbing an easy task. The machine ,made of stainless steel, consists of two parts, a seat unit and a pedal unit. It is fitted to the tree with the seat unit above the pedal unit. By standing on the pedal unit, the seat unit can be slid up or down.
    Mr Jayakumaran,head of the Research center claims that a trained person will take only 90 seconds to to climb a coconut tree of 12 m height. The person can climb up or down the tree by operating the seat and pedal units alternatively. This enables easy assembling and dismantling. The complete set includes a coat and safety belts for the climbers apart from a face shield and hand gloves. The cost of the device is Rs 7000. The research center will provide one-week training programme on tree climbing. The first training programme will be held in February,2011.

                                                      Prof.John Kurakar

6 comments:

jayaprakash r said...

Dear sir,
iam looking for this product will it be possibale to give contact address for buying this product

Manikandan said...

yeah its a stainless steel unit consists of two parts. A seat unit above the pedal unit. Its too good for climbing. It was developed by agriculture research station under kerala agriculture university.



Agronomic Research Station, Chalakudy P.O., Thrissur- 680 307
Head of Office : Professor.
Phone : 0480-2702116
Email : arschalakudy@kau.in

Anonymous said...

Hai,

I am from Andhra Pradesh, Godavari Delta area. Our region has more than 1 lakh hectares cocoanut plantations. many of the big and marignal farmers are living on cocoanut plantaions only. As in the case of kerala, we are also facing difficulties in getting the cocoanut tree climbing people.

we are interested tin buying this equipment in bulk. can you please arrange a training program at our place. we can bear the expanses of training.

reply throuhg e mail

Thanks and Best Regards

Gangadhara Rao. B
bigeerao@yahoo.com

Dilip P said...

i am from mumbai, and i have a farmhouse just outside mumbai. I am interested in this product, is it possible to deliver the product in mumbai? if yes, how will i recieve the training?

window of knowledge said...

Dear Dilip,

You please contact the Agricultural University, Vellayani,Thiruvananthapuram

Prof. John Kurakar

Sandhya said...

Will it be possible to ship this in Srilanka? One of my friend wants to buy this. What is the price of this machine and how many days require for delivering this?