some amazing Agricultural-Innovations!!

While leafing through few socio-scientific reports on recent developments/innovations in the agricultural sector, I came across a strange phenomenon, which probably is a reflection of the consumerist, mall-culture times.
While the majority of the print-media dealt with glamorous events like creation of pest, diesease/stress resistant plant-transgenics or high-yeilding hybrid-technology, the recently high-beat Organic-farming, or rant about the recent promises of agri-giants like Monsanto et.al.......very few actually dealt with crux issues surrounding fast shrinking farm lands, acute labour shortage, decreasing income per acre of cultivation, and economic frustration which are just some of the key factors hurting a farmer's confidence in continuing farming.
The reports dealt even less with actual farmer-needs or the issues surrounding farmland-hardware-innovation which would be efficient, cost-effective and would save labour-effort and time for the average farmer in India who does'nt own vast tracts of land and/or the resources to attend to them.

As it turned out, I stumbled upon few reports of farmers themselves finding inexpensive and smart-cures for their woes, and splendid ones at that! Below are a few instances.....you might appreciate the sheer out-of-box thinking or just plain common-sense.....

Bicycle inspired plougher and weeder 

The report is here

A tilting cart offers relief to animals and workers in the field 

entire report is here

  Converted Enfield performs field operations 
 

The entire report is here:


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