GENERAL DEFINITION OF THE TECHNIQUE AGRICULTURAL TRANSPORT

GENERAL DEFINITION OF THE TECHNIQUE

Technique: AGRICULTURAL TRANSPORT Definition characters description and diffusion Wheelless, and wheeled vehicles for farmland General characters description and diffusion Home made vehicles for farmers to transport manure and crops to and from the fields. Tuscany and surrounding regions. with a global overview Advantages and sustainability Most vehicles of this kind are built at home with basic tools, and serve the purpose of trasporting heavi loads of crops or manure to and from the fileds. The are generally pulled by oxen by means of a yoke, but versions of these may be pulled by people, or equines. They are iudeal for transport on soft soils, in tropical Africa or on stony ground, sand and marchlands where wheels usually sind or do not work. Here are a series of images relative to the essay below. https://www.academia.edu/16101821/RURAL_TRANSPORT_-_THE_ILLUSTRATIONS The essay: https://www.academia.edu/16101530/RURAL_TRANSPORT_IN_CENTRAL_ITALY_-_THE_TEXT Images Deepening TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUE DATA Technique AGRICULTURAL TRANSPORT Icon Cathegory B - Agriculture Identification code B13 Local applications of the technique Success stories Innovative technologies and solutions RELATED TECHNIQUES Author: Giovanni Caselli Other authors: Reference: