Study: Applying Machine Learning to Agricultural Data

Study: Applying Machine Learning to Agricultural Data - Abstract: Many techniques have been developed for learning rules and relationships automatically from diverse data sets, to simplify the often tedious and error-prone process of acquiring knowledge from empirical data. While these techniques are plausible, theoretically wellfounded, and perform well on more or less artificial test data sets, they depend on their ability to make sense of real-world data.

This paper describes a project that is applying a range of machine learning strategies to problems in agriculture and horticulture. We briefly survey some of the techniques emerging from machine learning research, describe a software workbench for experimenting with a variety of techniques on real-world data sets, and describe a case study of dairy herd management in which culling rules were inferred from a medium-sized database of herd information.

Author: Robert J. McQueen, Management Systems, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Stephen R. Garner, Craig G. Nevill-Manning, Ian H. Witten. Computer Science, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.

Keywords: agriculture, horticulture, machine, agricultural, data, information, new zealand, database, management, software

Simple Homemade Electric Coconut Grater Machine

Simple Homemade Electric Coconut Grater Machine - For those of you working in the coconut processing industry, is now available an appropriate technology to grate coconut. With the homemade simple coconut grater machine, you'll become easier and faster in the processing of coconut.

Function: To grate the peeled coconut, so be ready to squeeze for its  coconut milk.

How to Operate:

1. Prepare peeled coconut in the container.
2. Turn on the machine
3. Feed the pieces of coconut on the feeding hole
4. Collect the yields in a preepared container
5. Clean the tools to make it long life time

Specifications:

• Size: 
• Length = 40 cm 
• Width = 35 cm; 
• Height = 100 cm
• Weight: 25 kg
• Power: electric motor
• Capacity: 60 kg / hr
• Operator: 1 person
• Materials: Iron, aluminum.

Homemade Corn Grains Grinding Machine

Homemade Corn Grains Grinding Machine - Corn that is hard, when processed with this machine will be quickly destroyed, and the degree of softness can be adjusted with the screen mounted.

Users: Agro-industry users, poultry farmers.

Functions: For grinding dry corn grains or other cereals that used for animal feed.

Specifications:

• Power: Small Engine 12-18 HP
• Capacity: 400-500 kg / hr
• Size:
• Length: 1260 mm
• Width: 720 mm
• Height: 1370 mm
• Weight: + - 240 k
• Life Time: 5 (five) years

How to Operate the Machine:

1. Feed the raw materials into the hollow discs foundation which surface serrated. 
2. The feeder surface is covered by the inverted pyramid form of a grinding disc that is inserted into the hollow discs runway. 
3. Surface of grinding disc is also serrated. 
4. Disc grinder continuosly rotated by hand. 
5. The rotating of grinding disc makes the material crushed and broken.

Simple Cassava Slicing Machine

Simple Cassava Slicing Machine - Slicing cassava for the production of cassava chips or other products is mostly done in the rural community. For slicing cassava in large quantities can be made easier and accelerated with the help of simple cassava slicing machine.

Slicing cassava can be done with cassava slicing machine with manual propulsion or by hand. The result is much more and more delicate. The use of electric cassava slicing machine can be faster, not laborious and the yields are even more.

1. Function:
To slice peeled cassava to a desired thicknes so can be processed or fried into chips.

2. Instruction:

1. Prepare raw materials which will be sliced
2. Sharpen slicer's blade and clean before use
3. Adjust the position of the blade to make desired thickness of sliced cassava
4. Turned on the machine.
5. Place raw materials on the slicer blade while driven slowly, so that all the materials chopped.
6. When all is done, clean all part of the tools.

3. Specifications:
1. Dimensions: L = 47 cm W = 45 cm; H = 80 cm
2. Weight: 10 kg
3. Propulsion: Electric Motor 1.0 hp
4. Capacity: 50 kg / hr
5. Operator: 1 person
6. Materials: steel plate, angle steel, aluminum

4. Contact - Manufactutrer:
Project Section of Appropriate Technology, Appropriate Technology Development Center, LIPI; Jl. KS. Tubun No. 5 Subang; Tel. / Fax. (0260) 417348, 411 478 Jakarta

Source:
Rural Technology Machinery Product Specifications, Project Section of Appropriate Technology, Appropriate Technology Development Center, LIPI