In Technodiversity, the total harvesting process normally is seen as a combination of several sub-processes. Each sub-process has a certain degree of mechanization. The degree of mechanization of the total method is given by the combination of these single degrees. There are five degrees of mechanization: (fully) manual method, partly motor-manual method, (fully) motor-manual method, partly mechanized method, fully mechanized method.
If there is no power equipment in any sub-process, say both sub-processes are done by manual work, the method is a fully manual method.
Fully manual methods are not unusual in developing economies or in part-time work.
The word fully underlines the character of the process, but it can be missing.
(See more under TDiv PR1-B04 an d B05)
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