Enhancing the Efficiency of Farm Women through Farm Implement

With the past experience of Hoshangabad District while working in Krishi Vigyan Kendra- Powarkheda under NATP, Dr. Kinjulck C. Singh concluded that Cycle Wheel Hoe can be a useful Simple Farm Machine to the Farmers in Rewa too. And of the first time this implement is introduced in the District by KVK. 

Since, it was not available in Rewa, two hoes were brought from Saugor District initially and provided to Mr. Gopendra Tripathi, a farmer from Village Gorhar and Mr. Sugreev Singh in Village Amra, the then adopted village of Krishi Vigyan Kendra-Rewa, for initial testing for its use and  preference.  

Very soon the strategy worked and Mr. Tripathi responded and showed earthing of potato field with the help of hoe. On the other hand Mr. Singh also told that it he tool proved useful in field preparation, seeding and weeding operation in vegetable crops. Feedbacks were enthusiastic enough to contact Mr. Singh, Manager, MP Agro, who arranged required number of Hoe from Khurai a famous cluster for Farm Machinery and Implement Manufacturing in Madhya Pradesh.

Wheel hoe were now introduced in the adopted village through On Farm Testing, and was welcomed by the Farm Women. Pratibha Patel wife of Mr. Santosh Sumiran Patel, Village Laxmanpur, a contact farmer says that in manual earthing operation of 1 acre of potato filed, 16 labourers were required but with the help of Wheel Hoe 8 Labourers are enough to do the same job. Another contact farmer, Ms. Parvati Patel, daughter of Mr. Awadhlal Patel, Village Khaur, finds this implement to be of great utility in land preparation where tractors cannot be used.

The then DDA, Mr. R.P. Sahu, agreed for 50 % rebate on the purchase of Hoe by the farmers and it would then cost only Rs. 350/- a meager price and with the help of Mr. Tiwari, the RAEO 16 the impressed farmers have bought 16 Wheel hoes from KVK-Rewa.

Wheel Hoe has discovered its novel use in the field of Paddy sown with Madagascar method by Mr. Narendra Singh, in another village Ajgarha who has successfully done weeding in Paddy.

Hoe is being popularized through News Papers, Farmers’ Fair and Interface, Trainings and Personal Contact and it is liked by all. 

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