Related to shadoofs:shaduf sha·doof alsosha·duf(shä-do͞of′) n. A device consisting of a long suspended pole weighted at one end and having a bucket at the other end, used in the Near East and especially Egypt for raising water, as for the irrigation of land. ...
Ergonomic study of shadoof irrigation in northern Nigeria What can be learned from traditional, small-scale irrigation?: Shadoof irrigation in Nigerian farming systems The Shadoof, the crudest method of lifting water from the Nile. Egypt.
Shadoof is a water pumping system for irrigation which uses the principle of the lever to aid human effort in lifting water from streams on to the farm. Shadoof irrigation is used for vegetable crop production in northern Nigeria during the seven month dry season and is particularly important ...