Traditional and Modern Agricultural Implements Used in Agro Sciences – A Case Study in the Part of National Capital Region of Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract

The research work was undertake to discover a variety of conventional and modern crops growing; implements used for agriculture operations by the rural farmers of Dankaur and adjoining villages of National Capital Regions (NCR), a part of Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India. The traditional and modern agriculture implements are very economical with respect to man power, finance and economy as well as saving of valuable time. The traditional and modern agriculture implements are prepared of the vicinity accessible resources which are: iron, firewood along with its substitute products. These agriculture implements are easily too operate without any special skills and training. The information related to agricultural implements was documented through the interactions with local villagers, personal observations and existing data are also used. The detailed information about each agriculture implements was collected and informative notes were taken during interview with the rural farmers. The information were collected during the field work from July 2018 to March 2020 and found approximately fifty three (53) traditional and modern agriculture implements were identified and briefly explained with scratched photographs prepared by a research team of School of Agriculture. These agriculture implements are: bill hook, hand trowel, secateurs, sickles, girdle, pruning knife, shovel, spud, knap-sack sprayer, pick axe, garden hoe, weeder etc. The traditional economy of farmers is for subsistence only not to profit. The farmers are characterizing by undersized and patchy land property, small yield of crop and domestic animals, disguised joblessness, reduced profits and short hazard manner skill.