Expérimentation et conception de matériel à traction animale dans les pays en développement. Le cas du stériculteur de nématicide au Sénégal
Titel:
Expérimentation et conception de matériel à traction animale dans les pays en développement. Le cas du stériculteur de nématicide au Sénégal
Auteur:
Havard M.
Verschenen in:
Biotechnologie, agronomie, société et environnement
Paginering:
Jaargang 2 (1998) nr. 4 pagina's 264-270
Jaar:
1998
Inhoud:
Experimentation and design of animal-drawn implements in developing countries. Example of the “stériculteur”, asoil sterilizer for nematode control in Senegal. In developing countries, experimenting animal-drawn implements mainlyaims at meeting manufacturer and public sector’s needs for design purposes. Regarding the design of agricultural machinery,the so-called “experimentation-modification” method is generally used. This method is described and analyzed here withreference to research carried out in Senegal (1982–1988) for developing an animal-drawn “stériculteur”, i.e. a soil sterilizerfor nematode control. Such an example shows how difficult it is to respect methodological exactness, and also that closecollaboration is required between users, manufacturers, and experimental centres. Nevertheless, developing prototypes inthese conditions results in time losses and high costs. Most agricultural engineering research centres of the South are facingfinancial problems. Accordingly, they must center their human and financial resources on experimenting agriculturalmachinery that meets the users’s requirements. They must also strengthen their collaboration with the private sector at designlevel. Finally, it seems necessary to attach primary importance to the improvement of design methods and processes. Somecentres, e.g. CIRAD, are working in this respect from industrial engineering research works carried out in the North.
Uitgever:
University of Gembloux, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
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