International Development Resources & Services |
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Services to International Development Agencies and Organizations |
Our Mission is to preserve, study, and exchange low-capital technologies that increase the sustainability and productivity of people in rural communities. |
Training of Trainers
USA Learning Centers
- Small Scale Farming with Limited Capital
- Animal-Powered Practices and Tools
- Wood and Metal Working
- Implement Re-invention and Adaptation
With Overseas Partners
- Consulting on options and improvements in animal-powered farming systems.
- Training of Local Trainers in Workshop Formats (sessions in Uganda, Tanzania, Nicaragua, and other countries).
- Evaluations of existing animal traction programs.
Publications
- TechGuides
- How-to Manuals
- Videos
- Bookshop
Recommendations of Trained Staff
- US-based interns
- International Trainees
Fellowships
- Professionals on leave to TILLERS’ facilities to learn and to teach in an exchange of skills.
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Our Vision is to create an international learning community in which we
· Seek understanding of local conditions,
· Inspire an attitude of experimentation,
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· Give promise of rural sustainability for generations to come. |
Tillers offers accessible productivity through skills rather than hand-outs. We want farmers to see their way to feeding their families and then to take on nurturing their parcels of the earth.
Skills relearned from history, such as farming with oxen or horses, blacksmithing, and handcrafted woodworking mixed with new science form the knowledge base for Tillers’ work.
In sharing technical options and skills with others, we strive to inspire and nurture an attitude of experimentation.
We believe strongly that the people of a community can best see and judge the needs of their local environment and society.
Our role is to find and present options that may have local viability. Our goal is to empower self-directed community members to help themselves. |
Innovations and Skills |
Irrigation
Pumps
Drip Systems
Leveling, Ditching and Canals
Forage and Pastures
Earth moving and Excavating
Road Building
Terracing & Contour Ditching
Transportation
Carts
◦ Single Axle
◦ Water Drum
Wheel making
◦ Wood
◦ Steel
Artisan Support
Blacksmithing
◦ Forge welding
◦ Tempering
◦ Charcoal retort
Woodworking
Rope-making
Agro-forestry
Draft Measurement
Low-cost hydraulic
Realistic expectations of power
Maximizing Effective Power
Interrelations in increasing ability to work
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Animal Training
Training as Calves
Low-stress techniques
Yoking, Harnessing and Hitching
Dropped Hitch Yoke
Head Yoke
Yoke Making
Fast Hitch with Calabash
ForecartsSimple
Motorized with PTO & Hydraulics
Tillage
Traditional skills
Raised bed forming
Fertility
Manure handling
Green Manure covers and plow downs
Composting
Planters
Weed Control
Over-the-Row weeders
Between-the-Row weeders
Harvesters
Post Harvest
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According to the United Nations, 400 million draft animals still plow small farms. Many more farmers only have hand hoes to till their land. Tillers searches out low-cost technologies that can be used by the rural poor to increase productivity. |
To learn more about TILLERS or to arrange a visit or consultation, please contact us at:
TILLERS International
10515 East OP Avenue
Scotts Michigan 49088 USA
Telephone: 800/498-2700 or
269/626-0223
E-mail: Tillers@tillersinternational.org
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