GREEN GRAM

Category

Sickle and hook

Operation

Harvesting

Country

Fig. 1-3 Guinea

Fig. 4-6 Mali

Fig. 7-9 India

Fig. 10-11 Cambodia

Fig. 12 China

Fig. 13 Vietnam

Fig. 14-15 Bangladesh

Fig. 16 Malaysia

Fig. 17 Indonesia

Fig. 18 Iraq

Fig. 19 Bolivia

Local Name

Fig. 1-3 Wörötö

Fig. 4 Berio, Kaalam, Komo

Fig. 5 Kombo

Fig. 7 Naveen

Fig. 8 Punjab

Fig. 9 Vaibhav

Fig. 14 Kanchi

Fig. 15 Nerani

Fig. 17 Sabit

Commodities

Rice, Wheat, Barley, Fonio, Sorghum, Cowpea, Lentil, Green gram, Peas, Safflower, Linseed, Grasses

Energy Source

Company

Fig. 7   Dev Agro Tools Pvt. Ltd., 87 Lalbagh Fort Road , Bangalore , India

Fig. 8    Amar Singh & Sons, Pratap Nagar, Gali No.9 Ludhiana , India

              Falcon Industries, Street No.5 2524 Gill Road , Ludhiana , India

Fig. 9    Smita Industries, 191/C Chinchwad, Pune , India

Fig. 14  Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council Farmgate, Dhaka , Bangladesh

Description

Although there are two types of sickle (serrated and smooth) for the rice harvesting is above all used the serrated type; with a curved blade of 25-30 cm and with a wooden handle, the sickle is used to cut the rice plant at the base of its stalk. The hook is a compromise between sickle and scythe and facilitates the harvesting operations. The sickle in figure 10 is used in a distinctive way: the horn is used in the gathering clumps of rice, where it is gathered in the crotch; turning the piece over, the knife blade cuts the gathered clump.

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