farm machine soybean oil pressing machine in zimbabwe

   
farm machine soybean oil pressing machine in zimbabwe
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
  • farm machine soybean oil pressing machine in zimbabwe
  • Can mechanised soya bean harvesting and primary processing reduce labor requirements?
  • This paper proposes mechanisation options fro soya bean harvesting and primary processing (threshing) processes which can be promoted as interventions to reduce labor requirements in soyabean harvesting and improving the viability of mechanised soya bean production in Zimbabwe.
  • Can soya bean harvesting be mechanised?
  • The use of animal or single axle tractor as a power source to pull a ground driven cutter bar for cutting soyabean, manual gathering and using threshers showed that soya bean harvesting can be mechanised cost effectively for low yield (0.8t/ha) farmers. The system is 50 times faster than manual methods of harvesting.
  • Who produces soya beans in Zimbabwe?
  • Historically in Zimbabwe, soya bean production was highly mechanized and was primarily carried out by the large commercial farmers in the high rainfall areas of the country. Commercial farmers produced 90 percent of the crop and the small scale farmers produced the remainder (Zimoil, 2011).
  • Is harvesting a time critical operation for soya bean farmers?
  • Harvesting is a time critical operation for soya bean farmers in that if undertaken late, shattering results leading to high quantitative field losses. The paper presents current soya bean harvesting practices and their respective economic and operational challenges.