Farm Implements

Background

Late Dilip Sinh Rana thoughtfully developed thpaddy thresher, where the stalk of the paddy does not get broken during the threshing process.

Dilip Sinh’s family originally belongs to Unchedia village of Bharuch but he had to shift to his father in law’s place after his marriage in 1974, as his father in law did not have anybody to help him in his work. He completed his education till class tenth and then started his diploma in mechanical engineering but unfortunately had to drop out in the first year itself. Since then he had been involved in farming until his untimely demise in March 2006.

Sheikh Jahangir (48) has made a painting device that can be easily mounted on a two-wheeler scooter and carried to a customer’s place. Deriving power from the two-wheeler’s engine to run the compressor, this device lends flexibility of usage to the painter. Jahangir has been running a small spray painting shop, ‘Khandesh Spray Painters’ in Jalgaon for the past eighteen years. He has ten dependents in his family, his eight children, wife and his mother.

He was born at Vijaynagar in Chennai district of Tamil Nadu. His father was a painter by profession. Jahangir has six sisters and two brothers. At the age of six, he was sent to his aunt’s house at Malkapur (Dist. Buldhana, Maharashtra). There he started his school education. But poor economic condition of his aunt forced him to go to the forests to graze animals and earn something to supplement the family income. Because of this, he could not study beyond second standard.

Sowing of a seed, a beginning for all the life forms. This also triggers the agricultural procedures for the farmers. If not done properly and at right time, this may affect the crop drastically. Hence, farmers adopt different methods and measure to ensure the proper sowing. Rich farmers opt for seed drillers; mounted on tractors for speedy sowing or they employ poor farmers and labors for manual sowing. Poor farmers, who cannot afford the tractors and drillers, they have to do it themselves, manually.

Traditionally and till date, the farmer who has to sow manually, have to dig the land, fill the hole with seed and then cover it back with soil. This all is done sitting. To dig another hole one has to stand up and again sit. This repeated process to sit-stand-sit seems like an unnecessary punishment for the farmers. The other way is to bend, instead of standing. In both the situations, farmer has to face a severe back pain or uneasiness on his back. This process consumes a lot of time.