THE Tobacco Research Board expects to meet seed demand next year following the commissioning of a new seed packaging machine with a capacity of one million kilogrammes per annum. TRB's packaging process has been transformed from a manual system manned by at least 10 workers packing only 10kg of seed per day. The new machine raises seed packaging to 120kg per day.
It packs about 15kg per hour or 42 by 5kg packets per minute.
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