Cassava is an important tuber crop in the tropics owing to its economic potentials and its enormous uses as a staple food. Cassava tubers require peeling before it can serve its numerous industrial and domestic uses as ...

This study observed the effects of different drying methods on quality parameters of dried tomato. Fresh plum tomatoes were purchased, washed in potable water, and sliced to approximately 3mm thickness using stainless steel ...

Cocoa pod husk causes environmental pollution problems in the cocoa producing areas of the world. They serve as potential sources of disease transmission in cocoa farms when it is not properly handled. This study evaluated ...

Broadband multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) communication systems using spatial multiplexing are facing multi-stream interference (MSI) from the transmit antennas and intersymbol interference (ISI) due to the time-dispersive ...

In this research a travel simulation algorithm was developed for trips as they begin at their generating zone, move through a network of links and nodes and end at a trip attracting zone. The simulation algorithm is known ...

This study was concerned with the effect of geometrical shapes and sizes on the drying characteristics of carrot tubers. Carrot tubers were procured and sliced into 30 mm diameter circular shapes of 3, 5, 8 and 10 mm ...

The conservation of water is crucial to sustainable agricultural production during dry season when there is little or no rainfall to improve crop production. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted at Teaching and ...

The roasted groundnut blanching machine was designed with the aim of achieving efficient blanching conditions and eliminating the drudgery associated with blanching of roasted groundnut. The roasted groundnut blanching ...

Anthropogenic land use often results to changes in soil properties such as structure, texture and fertility status. Most studies in the study area are concentrated on soil fertility status, while few studies have been ...

The cassava lifting unit was designed and fabricated at the Federal University of Technology, Akure using locally available materials. As part of the development of a tractor-mounted harvester for cassava (Manihot esculenta, ...