Re-Designing Africa's Ox-Powered Farm Tools
SUMMARY
Buying tractors or the fuel required to power them is far beyond the reach of most African small farmers. At the same time, they are tired from the energy draining attempt to raise their families bey
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roosenberg said 2 years ago
We would see your posts more quickly if you made them as comments rather than as new Ideas and in a new location. We never said the plows were made of cast iron. Perhaps this medium is making us talk in too great of generalities. Is there any chance that you could come to Tillers' Learning Center to participate in a much more focused way to hands on detail?
1) I mentioned a manual baler, plow, maize sheller and weeder as examples that we are working on. What are your skills, which one would you have the most to contribute to?
2) Yes, we can get you a number of photos. We can see some on our website, www.tillersinternational.org I would be pleased to get more to you when I know your focus.
3) Harness or yokes are usually re-designed to meet local material needs. The basic design options are available to Tillers field workers are good.
4) Give me an idea of your focus. But most are used for both.
5) We tell farmers that they are the first half of the design process. That is identifying the problems or challenges for their local community is half the battle. Then, we try to make the design process an iterative group process with as much field interaction and feedback as possible. We need to know your skills to guide you in this process. We need you to offer information in addition to questions.