This week I attended a 4 day workshop on agricultural tools, and machines at College of Horticulture at Kerala Agricultural University at Mannuthi, Thrissur. The participants, including several women, had the opportunity to drive a mini-tractor (Kamco Tera Trac 4W). It has standard 3 point hitch and Rotating output shaft (PTO power). So you can easily attach ploughs and rotavators. The basic machine is 11.5 kW and width of the machine is less than a metre (91.5 cm). Cost is Rs 3.5 lakhs. Attachments like rotavator cost extra (Rs 40000?). They said a basic set of attachments would cost Rs 1 lakh. I feel tillers are hard on the operators and that the costlier mini-tractor is still worth the price (double that of a tiller?). However this minitractor will not work in muddy slush like a paddy field.