AGRICULTURE HAND TOOLS USED IN COMMON

FIELD OPERATION BY SMALL FARMERS

•All the tools mentioned and p

presented here have been p prioritized by
y
most of the small farmers for crops cultivation and management.

•The
The names of the tools is given in Local Pushtoo Language and
equivalent names in English

•The nomenclature and design may be slightly different from area to

area but the purpose and field utility is the same every where in
Pakistan.
Pakistan

•The current Kits comprises of 14 different tools and combined , they

form one tool kit to be received by a single beneficiary under a certain
criteria and proper assessment of the tools need. Except small
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diggers ((which will be three in one kit)) the number of individual will be
one in each kit
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 Kits tools
1. Spade (Single)
2. Spade (Double)
3. Blade Digger
4. Soil Dragger
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5. Small hand hoe digger
6. Khurpa
7. Soil fork (single)
8. Soil Fork (Double)
9. Sickle
10. Lever
11. Heavy hammer
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12. Double side deep digger
13. Pruning Sketcher
14. Pruning scissor
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 Local Name: Dakoo Cutter, English Name: Pruning Scissior

Category of Farmer(s): Fruit

Orchard Growers

Iron Type: German Steel

Size: Length 1.5 feet

Other specifications:
Medium size, with one
additional spring
Utility
• Pruning especially cutting
of small
• ,diseased
di d ,crossed
d and
d
extra
• Branches and twigs

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 Local Name: Ghat Cutter , English Name: Pruning Sketcher

Category of Farmer(s): Fruit Orchard

Growers

Iron Type: Shaft Iron

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Size: Length
L th 2.5
2 5 feet
f t

Utility
• Cutting of long , twisted and
Diseased and crossed and extra
Unwanted branches from fruit trees
• Trainingg of plants
p in the first 3-4
years

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 Local Name: Matoor, English Name: Heavy Hammer

Iron Type: Shaft Iron

Size Handle: 3.5 feet
W i ht 4-5Kgs
Weight: 4 5K
Other specifications:
• Shaft iron (65 Mn* steel),
steel) 88.00
00
Lbs (3.5 kg) average hammer
weight, heavily tempered, hard
wood handle
Utility
• Debris clearing , breaking
• stones
• Rubble clearing, construction of
• Retaining/breast and protection
• walls

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 Local Name: Jabbal, English Name: Hand Lever

Iron Type: Shaft Iron

Size : 4-5 feet
W i ht 6.5
Weight: 6 5 Kgs
K
Other specifications:
Shaft iron (65 Mn steel),14.2.00
steel) 14 2 00 Lbs (6
(6.2
2
kg) average weight. Average length
is 6.5 feet
Utility
• Debris clearing , breaking
• and turningg heavyy boulders,, rocks
• Rubble clearing, construction of
• Retaining/breast and protection
• walls

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 Local Name: Gantree, English Name: Double Edge Digger

Iron Type: Shaft Iron

Size Handle: 2.5 feet made of hard wood
W i ht 3 Kgs
Weight: K
Other specifications:
• Highly compressed iron,
iron tempered
average weight 2.300 kg, life time
guaranteed
Utility
• Construction of irrigation channels
• Deep p digging
gg g for cultivation
• Uprooting of tuber crops
• Building/ construction
• Uprooting of weeds
• Irrigation of crops

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 Local Name: Tapora/bail, English Name: Soil Dragger

Iron Type: Iron Alloy

Size Handle: 2.5 feet made of hard wood
W i ht 2-3
Weight: 2 3 Kgs
K
Other specifications:
Iron alloy,
alloy standard size
size, with hard wood
handle
Utility
• Irrigation and construction of water
channels
• Earthing-up
g p to the crops
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• Land leveling
• Bush clearing , ridges formation
• Farm yard manure application

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 Local Name: Loor, English Name: Sickle

Iron Type: Shaft iron

Size Handle: 5.4 inches made of hard
wood
Cutter Size: 1.5 feet curved with close
teeth sharpened
W i ht 2-3
Weight: 2 3 Kgs
K
Other specifications:
Medium size
size, wooden handle
handle, high
quality shaft iron, iron (0.5% carbon)
thoroughly quenched, sharpened
Utility
Utilit
• Grass cutting, weed control, hoeing
• Fodder making g , bush clearing
g and
crops cutting

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 Local Name: Panj Ghakhai Single :English Name: Single Farming Fork

Iron Type: Shaft iron

Size Handle: 4 inches made of hard
wood
Fork Size: Length 1.5 feet. Tooth size 6
inches (sharpened) total fork No. 8
W i ht 3 Kgs
Weight: K
Other specifications:
0.6mm
0 6mm thick iron stripe
stripe, 5 tines
tines, 12
inches length, hard wood handle
Utility
• Ridge formation, land leveling
• Earthing up and irrigation
• Bush clearing and grain collection in
the yards

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 Local Name: Panjghakhai Double, English Name: Erect or Double Farming Fork

Iron Type: Shaft iron

Size Handle: 4.5 inches made of hard
wood
Cutter Size: Length 2 feet. Tooth size 6
inches (sharpened) total fork No. 8
W i ht 4 Kgs
Weight: K
Other specifications:
0.6mm
0 6mm thick iron stripe
stripe, 5 tines
tines, 12
inches length, hard wood handle
Utility
• Ridge formation, land leveling
• Earthing up and irrigation
• Bush clearing and grain collection in
the yards

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 Local Name: Kudal :English Name: Blade digger or weed uprooter

Iron Type: Shaft iron

Size Handle: 4 feet made of hard wood
W i ht 2.5
Weight: 2 5 Kgs
K
Other specifications:
Shaft iron of high quality(0.5%carbon),
quality(0 5%carbon)
thoroughly quenched, standard size,
sharpened, with hard wood wooden
handle

Utility
• Ridge formation, land leveling
• Earthing up , weed uprooting,
irrigation
• Bush clearing and weeding and
hoeing

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 Local Name: Bailcha Single :English Name: Spade Single person use

Iron Type: German No.6 steel

Size Handle: 3.5 feet made of hard
wood
Weight: 1.5 Kgs

Other specifications:
f iron ((65 Mn*
Blade made off shaft
steel) tempered with oil, paddle
and handle made of hard wood

Utility
Utilit
• Ridge formation, land leveling,
seed sowing , farm yard manure
application,
li ti formation
f ti off
irrigation channels
• Earthing up , weed uprooting,
irrigation
• Bush clearing and weeding and
hoeing

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 Local Name: Bailcha double :English Name: Spade double 2 person use

Iron Type: Shaft iron No.6 or German

steel
Size Handle: 4 feet made of hard wood
Weight: 2 Kgs
Other specifications:
p
Blade made of shaft iron (65 Mn* steel)
tempered with oil, paddle and handle
made of hard wood
Utility
• Ridge formation, land leveling, seed
sowing , farm yard manure
application, formation of irrigation
channels
• Earthing up , weed uprooting,
irrigation
• Bush clearingg and weeding g and
hoeing
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 Local Name: Rambai/Khurpa:English Name: Hand weeder

Iron Type: Iron Alloy

Size Handle: 5 Inches made of hard
wood
Blade Size Length 9 inches Width 5
Inches
W i ht 1 Kgs
Weight: K
Other specifications:
Iron alloy,
alloy quenched,
quenched sharpened with
wooden handle, standard size
Utility
• Weeding and hoeing, earthing up
• Bush clearing , tuber uprooting,
clearing
g of irrigation
g channels

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 Local Name:Goad Kashai:English Name: Small Diggers

Total Number in a kit: 3 in each kit

Iron Type: Shaft Iron
Si Handle:
Size H dl 7 Inches
I h made d off hard
h d
wood
Blade Size Length 6 inches Width 3
I h
Inches
Weight: 0.5 Kgs
Other specifications:
Shaft iron of high quality(0.5%carbon),
thoroughly quenched, standard size,
sharpened with hard wood wooden
sharpened,
handle
Utility
• Weeding and hoeing, earthing up
• Bush clearing , tuber uprooting,
clearing of irrigation channels
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