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Rice cultivation has an important friendly place in India and is the main human labor force that mostly used low level equipment tools
The women labor force in agriculture and allied sectors is estimated to be about 91 million, which is about 39% of all rural workers in the country
The equipment available for various agricultural operations was earlier designed for male workers keeping in view the male dominance in the Indian agricultural environment and the same was given to women regardless of their suitability for the job
However, women face various technical difficulties in handling these tools, leading to occupational health problems and ultimately reduced work efficiency
Rice is the staple food crop in India and its production reached a record 104
32 million tonnes in crop years 2011–2012 (July–June)
This activity includes sowing, threshing, weeding, harvesting, threshing and threshing of rice, which are very labor intensive
Women actively participate in all these operations of rice farming, but still use old agricultural tools and implements to carry out this activity
In the rice production system, farm women have to bend over the work surface, which is the main cause of heavy labor for tasks like transplanting, weeding, harvesting and threshing
But its modernization still remains and is traditionally practiced with the old agricultural tools available
For example, in villages, sowing of seeds is done by hand, weeding with a hoe, harvesting with a local (simple) sickle, and cleaning of grain with sieves and sieves
While operating these tools, a prone position is mainly followed, which leads to heavy work and serious health problems
Like back pain, knee pain, and sometimes women who drive it also get hurt
Therefore, there is a need to develop tools/equipment keeping in mind the suitability of women to work
Improved tools and equipment for rice cultivation:
Rice Seeder (Four Rows) Function: To sow rows of rice seeds grown in ponded fields
Brief Description: Consists of lug drive wheels, drive shafts, hyperboloid-shaped drums, and oscillating-type drawbeams
The drum has 18 holes of 10 mm diameter
To cast the sprouting seed into every watered field
The drum can be filled up to half its capacity with pre-germinated/germinated rice seeds
Then the drum lid can be closed and locked
The equipment is required to operate at a walking speed of 1-1
5 km per hour in a flooded field
During operation of the equipment, seed can be seen falling through the holes and the drum can be refilled when the drum is empty
Rice Transplanter (Two Rows) Function: To transplant 20-25 days old mat rice seedlings at 3-4 leaf stage in two rows simultaneously
Brief Description: It consists of frame, floats, seeding tray, operating handle, fingers (selector), tray drive unit and depth control mechanism
To operate the equipment, a mat-type nursery with 22 cm wide, 45 cm long and 1
5 cm soil thickness is required
After filling the excess water (leaving 25-50 mm of water) it is drained and the equipment can be operated from next morning
In order for the mat to slide smoothly, it is necessary to spray a little water on the machine tray before loading the mat
After lifting the operating handle, it can be gently pushed down to push stored seedlings into the tray for transplanting
A worker has to walk backwards to operate the rice transplanter and pull it after each bump
The seedling mat can be recharged on the equipment tray when the seedling is about to run out
Cone Wedding Functions:
To pull out weeds and bury them between permanent rows of wet land rice crops
Two cut rollers, one behind the other, are installed under a long T-handle
To prevent the unit from sinking into the ground, a float is provided at the front of the unit
Improved Sickle Function For harvesting rice crops:
It consists of serrated blade, ferrule and wooden handle
With this sickle (serrated) cutting of crop stalk is being done by sawing action as against the impact or pulling action in case of local (plain) sickle
This improved sickle is light in weight i
e
, 180 g as compared to local one having weight 350 g, thus reduces the drudgery during harvesting operation
Benefits over traditional method: With the use of improved sickle there is about 15% saving in cardiac cost of workers per unit of output as compared to local sickle
It provides safety to the worker due to its better construction
Also, serrated sickle does not require sharpening of the cutting edge
Pedal operated Paddy Thresher Function:
It consists of a cylinder with aluminum strips
The wire loops are embedded / welded on these strips
The cylinder is given a rotary motion from the foot pedal through a power transmission system
The paddy bundles are threshed by holding it on rotating drum
It gives the output of about 35 kg/hr
Paddy Winnower Function for cleaning grain from impurities after harvesting:
It consists of main frame, handle, gear mechanism, volute case, fan, hopper, outlets for clean grain and for chaff
This machine is operated by women worker in standing posture
Two women workers are required for operating machine, one woman operates the machine and other woman feeds the hopper and separates the cleaned grain
The machine can be easily operated by women while seating on chair or stool
Capacity of this machine is about 242 kg/hr
By using improved tools, drudgery can be reduced in almost at every stages of operation i
e
, in sowing, transplanting, weeding, and threshing
The farm women can operate above mentioned equipment easily as they are basically developed for them, considering women anthropometric data and their capability
Also these equipments could be used on custom hiring for income generation apart from reducing drudgery
Thus, issues of drudgery and health problems can be addressed by using these improved tools and also there would be improvement in their livelihood
