matching of tilling
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Tillage operations involve an interaction between an implement and the soil, Usually aimed at land and/or seed-bed preparation, weed control or assistance in soil moisture management.
When undertaken using human labour, these operations are generally associated with farming drudgery; they demand intensive power inputs but rarely require the judgement or control that helps to provide interest and mental stimulus for the operator. Animal power can increase the worker's motivation and status while enabling more land to be cultivated with reduced demands on human energy inputs.
Animal draught tillage is part of a complex system affected by a wide range of interacting factors at different levels, as indicated in Figure 1. At the fundamental (operator) level, the animal draught tillage system comprises the draught animal, the tillage implement, the harness, the operator and the soil to be cultivated. The fundamental system is influenced by the farming system of which it is a part and, beyond that, by the national infrastructure and- policies that can determine the availability of local skills and the cost of many essential inputs, often as the result of political decisions.