Affiliation:
1. KIIT University, India
Abstract
Normally, the farmers in India are required to work in adverse climatic conditions while performing their agricultural activities. Though a number of preventive measures are available for the protection of farmers, the nominal and small scale farmers are still unable to bear these expenses. Therefore, an attempt was made in this study to the select the most appropriate material using Fuzzy-TOPSIS method to carry out the design of the head-cap for farmers in terms of parameters like stiffness, cost, durability, and availability in India. Further, for a sustainable design of these head-cap, the genetic algorithm (GA) as well as Sun Flower Optimization (SFO) method were use to obtain the best fitness values based on the anthropometric dimensions of farmers' head.