S.N. | Women only | Men only | Women and men |
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1. Production | Seed saving, tilling, planting paddy seedlings, preparing compost fertilizer (mostly animal waste), carrying fertilizer to fields, spreading fertilizer in fields, weeding | Repairing old irrigation canals, building new canals, preparing agricultural tools, plowing, leveling fields, sowing, irrigating, using chemical fertilizers | Ritual prayers and worship in the farm, land selection, digging fields, coordination for exchange labor, germinating paddy seeds, pulling paddy seedlings, observing crop situation (insects and diseases), protecting crops from wild and domestic animals |
2. Harvesting | Cutting paddy crops and leaving them in the field for drying, cutting wheat, barley, finger millet, etc., carrying crop spikes home, carrying fresh finger millet straw for fodder | Storing straw hay, mostly paddy and wheat, in the field for fodder | Assessing readiness, coordinating exchange labor, collecting dried paddy at the field, storing it for a few days and harvesting, carrying grains home |
3. Utilization | Removing husks, grinding grains for flour | Preparing wooden boxes to store grain | Purchasing bamboo baskets, storing grains safely, cooking (mostly women) |
4. Surplus | Selling among neighbors and within the village | Selling in local towns (very rare occasion) | Sharing with relatives and friends (free of cost) |