Onion (Allium cepa L) is the most economical vegetable often used as a spice. The farming of onion on rainfed areas, by using broad casting method is very difficult. Broadcasting method results in the higher amount of seed rate, non-uniform distribution of seeds, poor bulb maturity, higher nutrient competition, and more over it is a time consuming and laborious process. By taking all these factors into consideration an animal drawn onion seeder was developed under rainfed onion crop cultivation with a reasonable cost of operation. |
