Oxen ploughing is a method of ploughing that has been used in Luo Nyanza for ages. Unfortunately, the technique is being dropped by many farmers in Luo Nyanza for other methods. #village #villagelife #ploughing #kenya #nyanza #luo
What is an Ox?
Draft animals have been used by farmers around the world for thousands of years. They are economical, self replicating, and sustainable. They can be used for transporting crops, materials, water and people. In Siaya county, they are employed in plowing. In other parts they are employed in, ploughing, planting, cultivating and harvesting.
The primary source of power is supplied by oxen. For those not familiar with the definition of an ox, it is any cattle (bull, steer, or cow) that has been trained to work and is mature, generally 4 years of age or older.
The use of draft animals is increasing in sub-saharan Africa.
Food insecurity is being addressed in many ways, from helping small farmers better understand and manage the use of fertilizers and irrigation to finding and developing better seed varieties to improving crop harvesting and storage.
One aspect that has received very little attention is improved methods of transferring the draft power of the oxen to the implement or cart that they are pulling. While horses use collars and harnesses to attach to what they are pulling, oxen use the ox yoke. The type of ox yoke can have a great effect on the amount of draft a team of oxen can exert.
HOW IT WORKS
The traditional ox yoke used in Africa and other locations is a pole laid across the necks of the ox team and held in place with sticks running on either side of the neck and tied underneath.
The pulling chain is attached between the animals either around the pole or to a bolt through the back of the pole. When the team begins moving forward, the direction of pull is downward toward the implement being pulled.
Since most traditional breeds of cattle in Africa and elsewhere have humps, this pulls the pole back against the hump and downward into the back of the neck.
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