Dehusking and shelling are important post-harvest activities in maize crop, predominantly done by women. These activities involve a lot of drudgery as these are done manually. Though hand operated ...

SINCE TIME immemorial, agricultural technologies aimed at relieving farmers from labour constraints in food production processes have not favoured smallholder or subsistence farmers, especially in the ...

Though maize cultivation is increasing every year in the district, farmers had to face serious problems to thresh them. After getting maize threshing machine, they are very happy this year as it will ...

Kampala — MAIZE is traditionally shelled by hitting it with sticks. Though the method is productive, it results in grain damage and contamination with foreign matter reducing the shelf life and ...