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  • Design and construction of a biomass dryer for mangoes. 
    Mutonyi, Wandeka Cynthia (Busitema University., 2013-11)
    The mango fruit (Mangifera sp.) is major commercial tropical fruit, grown in many countries of the world. It is less common in Uganda because farmers and processors in our country suffer a problem of high rate of ...
  • Design and construction of a biomass tray dryer for cassava mash. 
    Mirembe, Angel. (Busitema University., 2020-02)
    Cassava (Manihotesculenta) is an important carbohydrate food source for more than 800million people around the world(FAO,2007). Cassava is a highly perishable root crop which is attributed to its high moisture content. The ...
  • Design and construction of a centrifugal egg breaking machine. 
    Okwang, Stephen (Busitema University., 2018-05)
    An egg (ovum) is one of the world's most important and useful poultry products in East Africa since it's a source of food and income. Eggs are composed of three main parts: eggshell, egg white (albumen) and yolk, representing ...
  • Design and construction of a centrifugal grain grinder for a rural community. 
    Ndibwami, Blydens (Busitema University., 2013-07)
    The design and construction of a centrifugal grain grinder, for my final year project, was undertaken to promote the grinding of various food grains for human nutrition, improve on the livelihood and increase grain production ...
  • Design and construction of a cocoa bean solar dryer for smallholder farmers. 
    Nalubega, Jane Frances (Busitema University., 2015-05)
    Cocoa beans are the seeds from fruit pods of a tropical tree botanically known as Theobroma cacao L. (Family Sterculiaceae). Each pod contains at least 30—40 "cocoa beans" embedded in a mass of mucilaginous pulp within the ...
  • Design and construction of a cocoa pod husk slicing machine for animal feeds. 
    Cyimpaye, Winfred (Busitema University., 2015-05)
    Cocoa-pod husk is a, by-product of the cocoa processing industry and despite the involvement of many farmers in the cocoa growing areas in Uganda; many have not utilized fully its by product into useful products such as ...
  • Design and construction of a coffee bioreactor. 
    Ouma, Humphreys (Busitema University., 2015-06)
    Coffee is tanked second to crude oil as the most important internationally traded commodity across the world and it is also the most important cash crop in Uganda; Wet processing of coffee helps to preserve the intrinsic ...
  • Design and construction of a coffee pulping machine. 
    Muhire, Nelson (Busitema University., 2013-05)
    Coffee is primarily produced- by smallholders and is the main source of income for more than 500,000 Ugandan smallholders. In spite of high export earnings from coffee globally, coffee produced in most African countries ...
  • Design and construction of a coffee roaster machine 
    Gumisiriza, Jane (Busitema University, 2018-05)
    Coffee roasting is one of the. most important stages in processing drinking coffee to enhance flavours, and ease grinding. It is a process of pyrolysis (time temperature dependent) which, by increasing the temperature of ...
  • Design and construction of a combined manual maize planter and fertilizer applicator. 
    Komakech, Robert. (Busitema University., 2021-03)
    Small scale farmers in Uganda are faced with challenges during planting maize and fertilizer application and the traditional methods deployed during planting and apply fertilizer in the field is costly and involve non ...
  • Design and construction of a community-based water defluoridation system 
    Atugonza, Christine (Busitema University, 2023)
    Fluoride ion is a double-edged sword as inadequate consumption is related with dental caries while excessive intake results into dental, skeletal and soft tissue fluorisis which are known to be irreversible and have no ...
  • Design and construction of a condominium onsite waste management and energy recovery system : 
    Isiko, Franco; Acam, Angel; Adoru, Sharon Koronyo (Busitema University, 2022-02)
    The significant amounts of waste are generated annually by Cities worldwide, with the highest percentage generated by the household activities. At present, most of this waste is dumped in sanitary landfills, open pits or ...
  • Design and construction of a continuous flow water boiler chamber for an integrated solar-electricity powered boiler. 
    Twambaze, Emmanuel (Busitema University., 2017-05)
    Most of Uganda's households depends so much on-water heating and in an attempt to improve the energy saving the developing technology has 10 meet the needs of the users, A Solar Water Heating system is an enormous form of ...
  • Design and construction of a cost-effective 3D extrusion based concrete printer 
    Atukunda, Eva; Kawalya, Douglas; Mawel, David Ayuen; Musiimenta, Charity (Busitema University, 2022)
    For the past twenty years, the world’s population has increased from 6.1 billion to 7.8Billion and this has led to urgent need for construction to provide shelter for this population. With the increasing outbreak of disasters ...
  • Design and construction of a dampening unit of the maize milling system. 
    Kanakulya, Alex (Busitema University., 2017-05)
    Maize (zea mays L) accounts for almost a half of the calories and proteins consumed in East Africa (Dr. Harold Macauley, 2015). The maize milling operation is mainly aimed at separating the various components of the maize ...
  • Design and construction of a drilling machine for shallow wells : 
    Afoyorwoth, Shiella; Esingu, Ezekiel; Lule, David (Busitema University, 2023)
    Access to safe and portable water remains a major concern in Uganda. The government's limited efforts to provide adequate water supply demands the extensive usage of borehole drilling. However, manual drilling methods ...
  • Design and construction of a dry sweet potato miller. 
    Wampona, Ivan (Busitema University., 2015-05)
    Uganda is one of the largest producer of sweet potato (ipomoea batatas) in Africa with an annual average output of nearly 2 million. Scott F., (1999). The high outputs enjoyed from the productive lands have not however ...
  • Design and construction of a dual powered groundnut oil extractor. 
    Muke, Johnbaptist (Busitema University., 2018-04)
    Groundnut is a very important oil seed and food crop around the globe based on its nutritional and trade values, it also serves as food for humans or livestock) and in the absence of meat, forms a valuable dietary protein ...
  • Design and construction of a dual powered meat grinder. 
    Kalembe, Esther (Busitema University., 2018-05)
    Meat is one of the most essential nutritious food item needed for human consumption from which high quality proteins, minerals and essential vitamins are derived. However, certain categories of consumers such as the children, ...
  • Design and construction of a duo powered shea nut grinding machine. 
    Acor, Nancy Naume (Busitema University., 2017-05)
    In Uganda, 80% of shea nut processing is done traditionally by pounding using mortars and grinding using stones. Also manual and electrical pressers are used on small scale which machines. that arc single powered that is ...

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