Abstract: An implement includes a toolbar fixed to a three-point hitch of an agricultural tractor. At least two working assemblies are carried by the toolbar, each including a support having two C-shaped claws that are connected at their upper parts to the support, and are joined together at their active lower parts, which are structured to penetrate the soil. A rotary structure is provided for chopping through mulch that accumulates in front of and in the claws. The rotary structure is arranged behind the claws, in their longitudinal mid-plane, so as to describe, about a horizontal transverse shaft, a circular path intersecting a curvature of each claw and, in the working position, extending substantially to ground level.

Abstract: A machine for cutting and mulching banana plantation debris includes a self-propelled tractor mechanism having at least two driven wheels and at least one steerable wheel. The tractor mechanism forces banana plantation debris below the tractor mechanism as the tractor mechanism is driven. A cutting assembly is hitchable to a front or rear end of the tractor mechanism and connectable to a power take-off of the tractor mechanism. The cutting assembly as a tunnel chassis having an upside down U-shaped cross section that supports an inertial cutting and crushing mechanism. The tunnel chassis includes a substantially vertical shaft that mounts an inertial flywheel and, below the inertial flywheel, a mounting plate for rotatably mounting a plurality of cutting blades.