Abstract

There are different types of cultivators in India namely small, marginal, medium and rich. Small scale farmer’s use conventional manually lever operated knapsack sprayers because of the three reasons; it is user friendly equipment, ease of design and cost effective machine. But it cannot maintain required pressure; it also leads to lumbar pain. However this equipment can also lead to misapplication of chemicals and ineffective control of target pest. It leads to the loss of pesticides due to dribbling or drift during application. This process not only adds to cost but also hazardous to the environment and causes imbalance in natural eco system This paper suggests a proto type of foot operated pesticide spraying pump. It helps spraying at maximum rate in less time.