
Details
Agricultural Engineer
Tel: 031 508 7400 (Switchboard)
Tel: 031 508 7434 (Direct)
Email: peter.tweddle@sugar.org.za
Role
Agricultural mechanisation research:
- Farm machinery and road transport systems,
- Analysis and costing of systems.
Expertise
Farm infrastructure, irrigation and mechanisation systems engineering.
Research Interests
Mechanisation and transport initiatives:
- System analyses, costings and optimisation.
- Equipment performance and efficiencies.
- Sugarcane logistics and vehicle optimisation.
- RTMS and PBS vehicles.
- Soil compaction and stool damage.
- Farming systems.
- New technology.
Qualifications
BSc Eng (University of Natal), PhD (UKZN)