WOLAITA SODO UNIVERSITY CAMPUS OF TECHNOLOGY,

ENGINEERING COLLEGE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

FARM MACHINERY AND IMPLEMENTS GROUP ASSIGNMENT

TARGET GROUP: HORTICULTURE STUDENTS

PROGRAM: REGULAR

SUBMISSION DATE: FEBRUARY 28, 2024

PRESENTATION DATE: MARCH 02, 2024!

Instruction: Discuss the following concepts based on their nature of question in detail
and present your feedback to your classmates.

1. List and discuss types of fertilizers, advantages and disadvantages and application
areas of each fertilizer types.
2. How to choose the best fertilizer for your crop production?
3. Discuss the correct way/s of applying fertilizers to our crops.
4. Discuss Challenges faced during selecting and applying fertilizers
5. Explain the effect of under- fertilization and over-fertilization.
6. List and discuss different types of equipment for fertilizer application.
7. What is an agricultural sprayer, list and explain components of spraying
machineries, list and discuss different types of agricultural sprayer with
their function and discuss the importance of agricultural sprayer?
8. List and explain grain harvesting and threshing machines

By Getahun S. (MSc.)