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Niger 2015 photos

A child using the HIT AF2 prototype while another child watches through the side window in the prototype. — The AF2 is popular with the children!

women pouring threshed grain from one bowl to another to winnow — Winnowing partially threshed pearl millet

Two women side by side using two of the prototype HIT AF2 threshers.

A woman threshes a panicle using the HIT AF2 prototype while a line forms behind her and children look on.

Roo and Susan instruct a woman on the usage of the HIT AF2 prototype, with a crowd of onlookers.

Susan posing for a photograph with several children.

A woman threshes a panicle using the HIT AF2 prototype while a line forms behind her and children look on.

A child using the HIT AF2 prototype while another child watches through the side window in the prototype.

Namibia 2015 Traditional threshing method

Prototype and illustrations

Illustration of a variety of types of pearl millet, of different sizes and shapes. — Illustration by T.X. Watson, 2015.

Close-up photo of the HIT Ant Farm model, with a pearl millet panicle inserted into the opening at the top. — Photo by Roo Trimble, 2015.

HIT ant farm: assembled and disassembled — Photo by Roo Trimble, 2015.

Three Nigerian women threshing pearl millet panicles by hand using a large mortar and pestles. — Photo by Donna Cohn, 2014.

Illustrations of a field of pearl millet; a single panicle, with some of the florets removed; and a single floret, alongside some individual seeds. — Illustration by T.X. Watson, 2015.

A diagram of the HIT AF2 prototype — Illustration by Roo Trimble, 2015

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