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Category |
Knife |
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Operation |
Harvesting |
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Country |
Fig. 1 Guinea Fig. 2 Mali |
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Local Name |
Fig. 1 Mourou, Finè, Labi Fig. 2 Kandia, Woloso |
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Commodities |
Rice, Fonio |
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Energy Source |
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Description |
The manual harvesting of rice by means of knife is done cutting only the ear from its stem (approximately 10 cm below the panicle); the Fonio plants are cutted in their stems and tied into sheaves. The blade of the “Kandia”-“Woloso” is 33 cm long (total length 50 cm). |
knife - Harvesting
Fonio
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