Cost-Economic Evaluation of Leafy Vegetable Harvester versus Conventional Harvesting: A Comparative Study

The process of harvesting green vegetables is labor-intensive and costly, demanding a substantial workforce. To address the challenges associated with manual harvesting, mechanization essential for reducing costs, saving time, improving worker comfort. By precise comprehensive evaluations ownership operational expenses, farmers can acquire valuable information. This knowledge empowers them to make well-informed decisions about purchasing new machinery, optimizing existing equipment, or even exploring alternative methods enhance their farm's productivity financial outcomes. Therefore, battery-operated leafy vegetable harvester compared in terms cost economics. present results reveal that operating costs developed are 76.86 Rs/h 83.702 Rs/h. Compared traditional methods, it saves an impressive 85.71% time reduces by 54.12% during harvesting. study determined using harvesters not only more cost-effective than but also environmentally friendly when fuel-operated methods.