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In order to ease the operation of interculture in the hilly regions of Jammu and Kashmir State, where the land holdings are small and rainfall/snowfall is the major source of irrigation. A number of deweeding equipments were fabricated at the cooperating centre based on anthropometric survey conducted at the selected sites of Jammmu and Kashmir state. The weeders were fabricated with a view to reduce the drudgery involved with the use of traditional tools. The fabricated tools and equipments were tested for wheat, maize and mustard in both rabi and kharif seasons" A comparison was made between various fabricated hoes and traditional methods of performing deweeding operations in the field. The use of developed! fabricated tools showed an increase in yield by 5–8% and saving in labour and cost by 65%-70% and 70–80% respectively in comparison to conventional methods of dweeding.
