Traditionally, maize is shelled manually using hands, either using your thumb to get the seeds off the cobs or rubbing the cobs against one another. This however takes a lot of time and requires more ...

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 ...

Hisar: Indian Patent office has granted design patent to pedal operated maize shelling machine developed at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU). Vice-chancellor B R Kamboj ...

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 ...

My name is Geoffrey Munyegera, 30 years old. I am the managing director of Munyegera Metal Works, a company that fabricates various types of agricultural or farm implements that process produce such ...

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 ...

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 ...