Sickle

Harvesting of arable crops: A sickle is a useful tool for harvesting different crops such as vegetables (water leaf, green amaranths, green beans, etc.), cereals such as rice, wheat, the sickle, and oil crops (such as beeniseed). Due to the curved and portable nature of the farm tools, farmers can effectively use the tools for the cutting of crops.

Pluck fruit: The hook-like nature of the tools enables the farmer to effectively hang the sickle around the fruit pedicel. Plucking is achieved by slightly pulling the sickle with force to cut the pedicel. Fruits such as cocoa, cashew mangoes, and citrus can be efficiently harvested with the aid of the sickle.

Harvesting forage: Forages such as bermuda grasses, elephant grasses, penicum maximum as well as tropical kudzu, clover, and alfalfa can be harvested with the use of the sickle. These forages are either used for feeding livestock in their fresh state or preserved as hay or silage.

Trimming flowers: The sickle can also be used for slight trimming operations in the farmstead. It can be used for trimming overgrown flowers. The curved edge of the sickle enables the user to trim the flower effectively.

Harvesting grass for traditional roofs: The sickle is commonly used for harvesting grasses such as spear grass, guinea grass, element grasses, and more. These grasses are craftily woven to form roofs that prevent water from penetrating. Making them ideal for roofing huts and mold houses in the villages or on the farm.

Pruning: Pruning is a process of removal of dead and overgrown branches of the tree. This can be done with the use of the sickle. When the curved edges are attached to the dead wood or overgrown branches. It can be forcefully pulled down with little force. In this way, the dead branches or trees are removed easily using the sickle.

Slight weeding: The sickle can be used for minor weeding on the farm. With the help of the sharp curve edge of the sickle, minor weeding operations can effectively be performed by the sickle.

Harvesting and curving of crafting material: Local crafting materials such as palm fronts, raphia palm fronts, and more can be obtained or trimmed with the aid of the sickle. These materials can be cut into different shapes or sizes which can be used for making local crafts such as baskets, hand fans, mats, and crafted chairs and tables.

Harvesting of herbs for medicinal purposes: Medicinal herbs are very important to the farmer and they effectively regenerate when harvested correctly. The sickle is an essential farm tool for harvesting medicinal herbs because of its sharp cutting edge that allows the plant to regenerate after cutting.