The invention of barefoot farmers

At the AGROVIET 2007 International Fair taking place in Hanoi, there is a special display area, attracting the attention of numerous visitors. It is the exhibition of machinery and equipment for agricultural production invented by farmers.

Overcoming financial difficulties, formal scientific understanding but with talented hands and their creative minds, farmers of different ethnicities, from all villages of the country have create DH4 foot pedal water pumps, mud shaft machines, grain inspection machines, 8 rows of soybean machines, sugar cane-based machines, mat weaving machines . to contribute to freeing human resources, improving labor productivity , creating bumper crops.

Below are a series of pictures of farmers' inventions on display at the 2007 International Fair AGROVIET:

DH4 foot pedal water pump of Mr. Nguyen Tan Hai (Dong Hop, Quy Hop, Nghe An) is used for rice farming households in mountainous areas where electricity is not available.

Mud shaft machine of Mr. Le Minh Thoi (H. Dau Dau, Tay Ninh province)

This is a multipurpose machine that can cultivate, cultivate, and cultivate farmers Dinh Cong Vien (H.Kim Bang, Ha Nam province)

Mr. Bui Ba Hau (H.Thanh Oai, Ha Tay province) machine for making rice paper rolls

Multi-purpose vegetable slicer by Mr. Hoang Van Chu from Nung ethnic group (Lang Son city, Lang Son province)

Projection machine of Mr. Tran Van Phong (H. Nga Son, Thanh Hoa province)

Slitting machine - deep plow combining fertilizer of Mr. Pham Van Hung (H.Tan Chau, Tay Ninh province)

Maize machine of Ko Suanh Tang farmer, K ho ethnic group (H.Luong Duong, Lam Dong province)

News, photos: Quang Duan