* United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Sudan (
$ ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya, India.
A survey of the present status-of agricultural implements manufacturing in the state revealed that traditional tools like animal-drawn plough, spade, hand fork, sickle, spade, khurpi, dao, axe are most commonly used. They have low output capacity and high drudgery in use. Blacksmiths having little infrastructure facilities manufacture them using forging process. Human, power deployed in manufacturing varied from two to five and are mostly from within the family or from near by villages. The raw materials used are the discarded items from automobiles and some mild steel angle, flatand Sheet. Marketing is done to the consumers directly or to there tailers. Average annual profit of blacksmiths are only about Rs.35,000-40,000/. This cottage industry needs renovation and up-gradation to meet the demand of improved and better quality of farm implements of the local farmers.
