Plucking seedlings – Agea Pani

About

A part of the “Aipani”  the  five types of work carried out in paddy fields during the rainy season Ploughing is the process in farming, to loosen the soil, Sowing is the process of planting seeds, Bund trimming is the process of clearing weeds grown inside the bund on a paddy field, Agae pani is the process of plucking seedlings and tying them in bundles for transplantation.

Type of work

Rice seeds are first planted close together in one flooded paddy field and then allowed it to grow into seedlings to about 8-10 inches tall.

Usually paddy plants shoot out as a single branch and if they are disturbed either by plucking them for transplantation or crushing them, they produce multiple branches and the growth increases naturally. Hence this is one the important reason for plucking seedlings and transplanting them.

In Manual method, laborers pull out the pre – germinated seedlings with the help of their hands and tie them into a bundle and later on transplanted. Whereas, in Mechanical methods the seedlings are planted in built in trays or seedling boxes on a thin layer of soil and then fit into a trans-planter machine for transplantation.

Work Force

The work force for this would be either  Mui Aal – Kood Aal  or  regular wages