The 50-year-old farms areca nut in the coastal town of Mangaluru in India's southern Karnataka state and has to regularly scale 18- to 21-metre-tall trees to harvest his crop. Too old to climb, and ...

The 50-year-old farms areca nut in the coastal town of Mangaluru in India's southern Karnataka state and has to regularly scale 60- to 70-foot-tall trees to harvest his crop. Too old to climb, and ...

MANGALURU - Mr Ganapathi Bhat goes to work most mornings carrying a homemade contraption consisting of a small motor, a rudimentary seat and a set of wheels - all expertly combined to help the farmer ...

Ganapathi Bhat, 50, starts his home-made contraption named ‘tree scooter’ to climb up a tree to harvest areca nuts in his farm in Mangaluru(REUTERS) Ganapathi Bhat goes to work most mornings carrying ...

An Indian farmer has invented a "tree scooter" to help him scale palm trees and harvest betel nuts. One scooter can harvest 300 areca palms in a day, more than three times the amount of the ...

The 50-year-old farms areca nut in the coastal town of Mangaluru in Karnataka and has to regularly scale 60- to 70-foot-tall trees to harvest his crop. Too old to climb, and unable to find cheap ...