Ergo-Design Criteria for Farm Tools and Machinery
With superior technology, metallurgy and newer designs, there have been continuing evolution of improved hand tools and machinery for farm operations and allied activities. The science and technology of ergonomics and human factors look into the core issu
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P. K. Nag L. P. Gite
Human-Centered Agriculture Ergonomics and Human Factors Applied
Design Science and Innovation Series Editor Amaresh Chakrabarti, Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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P. K. Nag Environment and Disaster Management Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (Deemed University) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
L. P. Gite AICRP, Ergonomics and Safety in Agriculture Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering (ICAR) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
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The book is dedicated to the few who spend their lives in feeding all of humanity
Preface
About 12 millennia ago, the humankind recognized that food and feed could be produced from the cultivation of plants. Th
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