January 26- Institute of Plantation Studies (IKP) had organized a Research Seminar Series 1/2023 entitled “Development of an Indigenous Planter for Sustainable Grain Crops Production”, presented by Dr Soyoye Babatunde Oluwamayokun. Dr. Soyoye is an assistant professor at the School of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), Nigeria. Currently, he is a post-doctoral researcher at the Laboratory of Plantation System Technology and Mechanization, IKP under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nazmi Mat Nawi.

This seminar highlighted the design and fabrication of a single-row motor-assisted maize planter to be used by farmers in Nigeria in increasing their maize production. The electrically-powered maize planter can detect a free-falling object with an equivalent or greater than 0.7 mm distance in the planter delivery tube and have the ability to monitor a seed drop on the planter accurately. Dr Soyoye emphasized that this seed planting machine could help in sowing seeds in a desired position, thereby assisting the farmers in saving time and manpower. More than 45 participants from UPM and other agencies benefited from this seminar.

Date of Input: 27/02/2023 | Updated: 27/02/2023 | ainzubaidah