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Kajandu (also written kayendo, kajendo, kadiendo, or kadiandou) is a long-handled fulcrum shovel used by the Jola (Diola) people of Senegal,
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from Linares 2002. Mechanical hand tools Agriculture in Senegal Farming tools Rice production
Kajandu (also written kayendo, kajendo, kadiendo, or kadiandou) is a long-handled fulcrum shovel used by the Jola (Diola) people of Senegal, Gambia
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, and Guinea-Bissau to till and prepare rice paddy field
A paddy field is a flooded field (agriculture), field of arable land used for growing Aquatic plant, semiaquatic crops, most notably rice and taro. It originates from the Neolithic rice-farming cultures of the Yangtze River basin in sout ...
s. It is also used to make dikes and furrows. It consists of a long wooden shaft, 1.6–3.5 metres long, and a large flat or concave wooden blade with iron edges. The long shaft rests on the knee and is used to lift up pieces of earth. Typically men use the kajandu while women sow, replant, spread manure and harvest.
Use of the Kajandu was recorded in 1455 and was described in detail in 1685 by Sieur de la Courbe. It is similar to the ''kop'' or ''cop'' used by the Baga people
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See also
* Carabane#Rice cultivationReferences
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from Linares 2002. Mechanical hand tools Agriculture in Senegal Farming tools Rice production