Soil tillage systems are predominantly concerned with the provision of an adequate seedbed to accommodate the subsequent crop seeding or planting operation and to provide an optimum environment for seed germination, plant establishment and vigorous crop growth. Traditional tillage systems involved breaking the soil crust with a human or animal powered implement or plow pushed or pulled through the soil.
The mechanization of farming in developing countries has been very uneven. In certain parts of Africa, in Java, and in many hilly regions, farmers still till their fields with hand tools even though animal tillage has been common in other parts of the world for thousands of years. While draft animals have completely disappeared in North America, Europe, and Japan, they have been widely accepted in Senegal only in the past few decades.

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Soil tillage systems are predominantly concerned with the provision of an adequate seedbed to accommodate the subsequent crop seeding or planting operation and to provide an optimum environment for seed germination, plant establishment and vigorous crop growth. Traditional tillage systems involved breaking the soil crust with a human or animal powered implement or plow pushed or pulled through the soil.
The mechanization of farming in developing countries has been very uneven. In certain parts of Africa, in Java, and in many hilly regions, farmers still till their fields with hand tools even though animal tillage has been common in other parts of the world for thousands of years. While draft animals have completely disappeared in North America, Europe, and Japan, they have been widely accepted in Senegal only in the past few decades.

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