Some construction materials are susceptible to termites attack, Termites’ entrance in to the building or other construction materials is mostly through the walls made of sandcrete blocks. In an attempt to effectively protect ...

The performance evaluation of an automated cassava peeling machine was carried out using 3 different level of moisture content of the cassava tuber; Mc1 = 69%, Mc2 = 62%, and Mc3 = 57% .Mc 2 and Mc 3 were obtained by leaving ...

Two wetlands (CW) with dimensions 60 cm x 30 cm x 35 cm were designed, constructed and fabricated for treating domestic wastewater obtained from Akure, Nigeria. One of the wetlands was planted with Azolla pinnata L. (CW1) ...

Farm machinery is an important element for agricultural development and crop Production in many developed countries. The use of machines for agricultural operations has been one of the outstanding developments in the global ...

Cassava peeling has been identified as the only un-mechanized unit operation in the processing of cassava tuber to useful products. This research work is aimed at etermining the effect of tillage practices on the crop ...

Weed control has been a major problem in agricultural production, their occurrence poses serious threat to crops as they compete with crops for nutrient, food and harbor pests that destroy crops. Grass has some economic ...

The analysis and design of control systems are now almost mundane activities when some special packages are available. An example is the MATLAB software. Unfortunately, legal copies of the software are very expensive and ...

A multipurpose mechanical convective hot air cabinet type dryer was designed and constructed with total dimension of (135cm height, and 60cm x 60 cm breadth. The dryer consists of the drying chamber unit (90cm x 60cm x ...

Sweet Potatoesis the seventh most important food crop deteriorate rapidly once it is harvested due to physiological changes, changes in temperature and mechanical damage.This study investigated the effects of pretreatment, ...

The need for an effective and complete mechanised system for peeling and washing cassava tubers is of high importance to post-harvest technological processing of cassava tubers. The studies of past works revealed that the ...