# The hands that dehusk the grain: Rainmatter Blog Post

**URL:** https://grove.rainmatter.org/t/the-hands-that-dehusk-the-grain-rainmatter-blog-post/1623
**Category:** Farming & Soil
**Created:** [April 10, 2023, 7:15am UTC](https://grove.rainmatter.org/t/the-hands-that-dehusk-the-grain-rainmatter-blog-post/1623 "2023-04-10T07:15:31Z")
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### Author: ![tanmayi](https://grove.rainmatter.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tanmayi](https://grove.rainmatter.org/u/tanmayi)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2023, 7:15am UTC](https://grove.rainmatter.org/t/the-hands-that-dehusk-the-grain-rainmatter-blog-post/1623/1 "2023-04-10T07:15:31Z")

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Women are the backbone of India’s farming and agriculture practices. Women shoulder majority of the farm- and crop processing-related tasks, putting in hours of manual labour. Tools, equipment and machinery that can be operated by women and are designed to meet the needs of small-farm holdings are the need of the hour in order to alleviate some of the drudgery of farm operations.

Marisha’s (@Mari) article on the lack of contextual mechanisation of farm labour in India, and how this adds to women’s workload is up on the Rainmatter Blog : [The hands that dehusk the grain](https://blog.rainmatter.org/the-hands-that-dehusk-the-grain/)

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