NCAM motorized coconut dehusking machine was tested for its performance. The objective of the test is to optimize performance machine. Different sizes fruits were fed into and time taken each fruit be dehusked noted. A total number 60 matured Badagry coconuts from Lagos State, Nigeria with evaluation shows that efficiency 90.1% while average capacity 122 per hour. percentage distorted broken 10...

A field experiment was carried out in the Light village of Netrokona Sadar during the period from December 2010 to March 2011 to study the performance of some wheat varieties in terms of nutrient contents and their uptake. The experiment comprised of five varieties of wheat viz. BARI Gam 25, Shatabdi, BARI Gam 26, Prodip and Bijoy. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block desi...

The Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) has been addressing the neglected post-harvest sector in Ethiopia through promoting improved storage facilities and introducing handheld motorized crop shelling threshing machines. However, technologies are poorly adopted by farmers although traditional methods often result high grain losses low-quality produces due to low awareness of service providers on ...