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The study was carried out in Department of Agricultural and Engineering Irrigation Research Farm Michael Okpara University of Agricultural Umudike in Abia State. The major objectives were...
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A solar box cooker was fabricated with cheap, available materials such as mild steel for the structure and w indow frame, mirror for the reflection of sun rays into the cooking chamber,...
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A pedal operated melon Sheller based on the principle of impact was developed and tested The results show that the machine has a shelling efficiency of 63.5% at 23.9%MC(wb); power...
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The study was carried out in Department of Agricultural and Engineering Irrigation Research Farm Michael O/cpara University of Agricultural Umudike in Abia State. The major objectives were...
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An investigative survey was embarked upon to assess the condition of farm power and machinery workshops in three selected states in South East, Nigeria. A questionnaire was used to obtain...
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A pedal operated melon Sheller based on the principle of impact was developed and tested. The results show that the machine has a shelling efficiency of 63.5% at 23.9%MC(wb); power...
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Hexagonal Evaporative cooler was designed, constructed and tested using locally available materials. This was used in the preservation of freshly harvested Vegetables. The capacity...
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In this study, modified Blaney-Criddle method was adopted to evaluate the potential evapotranspiration data of National Root Crop Research Institute Umudike. This involve maximum and...
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Technical evaluation of a cassava pelleting machine was carried out to determine the machine's peleting efficiency, speeds of operation and moisture content at which the machine pellets....
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The application of water to the soil by surface irrigation method is common in most of the agrarian world. (Hensen et al, 1980). It involves the flooding of the fields whereby the water is...
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Four sweat boxes were constructed using wooden material (IO x 10 x 35) (LWH) and hoisted 4 electric bulbs of 100, 200, 300 and 400 watts respectively on the boxes. Cocoa been sorted into...
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Field experiments were carried out to study the effect of tillage method on soil organic matter on yield of maize under rain-fed conditions on a sandy loam soil of Michael Okpara...
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A study was conducted at Michael Okpara University Agriculture Umudike to determine the effect of water impurity, with sulphate being the impurity under study, on the compressive strength...
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Drying of crops is of great economic importance in the world over, especially in Nigeria where most of the crops and grains harvest are lost to fungal and microbial attacks. Most crops and...
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Selected physical properties of cocoa pod (Amazonian cocoa) such as cocoa pod length, width, thickness, volume, surface area, and roundness, angle of repose, weight, bulk density and...
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Solar fish dryer with a concentrating collector was successfully developed and tested in Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State (latitude of 5929¢N) from Nov. 13 to...
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Peeling is one of the essential unit operations in processing ginger. Manual peeling is inefficient and it is associated with drudgery, hence, a motorized ginger peeling machine (GPM) was...
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Water supply pipeline network was design for Ibagwa-ani community in Nsukka local government area Df Enugu State. This design was done to help in providing or making water easily available...
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Mathematical models for predicting the performance of cocoyam chipping machine were developed by dimensional analysis using the concept of Buckingham's Pi theorem. The models were...
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This study was carried out to determine the effects of various drying methods on unripe plantain and its drying kinetics. The effects of commonly used drying methods which are sun,...
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An indirect type solar dryer integrated with a sawdust stove that can be used for drying agricultural products was designed, constructed and evaluated. The research was aimed at enabling...
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Due to the rate at which the non-renewable energy sources such as fossil fuel are depleting worldwide and the attendant negative environmental impacts from its usage, Nigeria has...
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Fresh cassava (Manihot Spp.) roots were obtained and used in this study. They were peeled and diced into cubes of size thickness of 5 and 10mm. The cubes were dried in thin layers in...
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This work focused on the design and fabrication of a groundnut shelling and separating machine electrically powered by a hip motor. The machine has the capacity of shelling 400kg of...
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Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is a tree without branches but with many wide leaves at its top. It has become the world's number one fruit crop because of its unparalleled productivity. One...