A Machine for Millet || Participatory Technology Development in Rural India

#CMTArchives An example of participatory technology development A video account of a process in which women farmers and small scale producers identified the need: - to reduce the toil and long hours of work associated with the de-husking of millets - for appropriate milling technology to de-husk and process millet grains fo the market to meet a major need of the consumers and generate better income for marginalized dryland cereal cultivators University trained engineers and non-literate farmers co-designed and tested new millet processing machines for village level use and repair.