In Technodiversity, the total harvesting process normally is seen as a combination of several sub-processes. Each sub-process has a certain level of mechanization. The degree of mechanization describes the combination of these levels. There are five degrees of mechanization: (fully) manual method, partly motor-manual method, (fully) motor-manual method, partly mechanized method, fully mechanized method.
If one sub-process is done by manual or motor-manual work and the other by mechanized work, then the method is a partly mechanized method.
Examples are: chainsaw and skidder, chainsaw and forwarder, or hand tool and tractor.
(See more under TDiv PR1-B04 and B05)
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