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  • Design and fabrication of a manually operated rotary chili dryer. 
    Twesige, Beron (Busitema University., 2016-05)
    In Uganda, chili crop plays 8 great roles in earning a foreign exchange. It is grown as a subsistence crop and a cash crop with annual production of 300-700kg per year. It's majorly grown in Western region, West Nile, lira ...
  • Design and fabrication of a mechanized Irish potato peeler. 
    Mugerwa, Denis (Busitema University., 2013)
    Irish potatoes are widely grown in various districts in Uganda including: Kabale, Kisoro, Rukungiri, Mbarara, Kasese, Kabarole, Masaka, Mubende, Mbale, Kapchorwa and Nebbi districts. Peeling of potatoes is done when potatoes ...
  • Design and fabrication of a motorised chicken de-feathering machine. 
    Opurong, Isaac (Busitema University, 2022)
    Chicken (gallus domesticus) have been reared by diverse cultures across Uganda. Relative the domestic animals including sheep, cattle, and pigs, chicken are currently the most preferred source of animal proteins (Wang et ...
  • Design and fabrication of a motorised fresh cassava grating machine. 
    Onen, Patrick (Busitema University., 2017-05)
    The health problems originating from cyanogen exposure from cassava in several African communities could be avoided if effective processing techniques were applied. However, the role of technological intervention in ...
  • Design and fabrication of a motorised maize sheller. 
    Kule, Edirisa (Busitema University., 2018-05)
    Maize (Zea mays L) is one of the world's important cereal crops and a major staple food in East Africa. In addition to its being an important animal feed, it's also a source of income. Shelling is the process of removing ...
  • Design and fabrication of a motorised orange juice extractor machine. 
    Eitu, Augustine; Baguma, Gerald; Gonza, Joel; Omony, Emmanuel (Busitema University, 2023)
    The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) explains the losses caused by the local farmers' post-harvest processing of the food. Fruit post-harvest losses are more severe in developing nations than they are in industrialized ...
  • Design and fabrication of a motorized cocoa pod splitting and separating machine. 
    Mbusa, Edson Lucus (Busitema University., 2020-12)
    Cocoa is an important cash crop that serves numerous food purposes. The principal use and economic importance of cocoa is found in the industries of cosmetics, pharmaceuticals. beverages, soft drinks, flavoring agents and ...
  • Design and fabrication of a motorized multi-grain winnowing machine. 
    Katajja, Bashir (Busitema University, 2014)
    Grain production in Uganda is dominated by small-scale subsistence fanners as 95% of the production is by small-scale subsistence and the rest by commercial fanners respectively (FAD and Agal, 2.Q.0.5),A variety of grains ...
  • Design and fabrication of a motorized potato slicing machine for Teso farmers. 
    Itwomo, Catherine (Busitema University., 2018-05)
    Sweet potato which is ranked 7th among food crops consumed in the world, is one of the major food crops grown in Teso region. During periods of much production, there is need for the excess to be preserved. This calls for ...
  • Design and fabrication of a motorized wood loader into a wood based boiler. 
    Mwinganiza, Emmanuel (Busitema University., 2018-05)
    This report contains three chapters namely; introduction, literature review and methodology. Chapter one covers the background of boilers in the world and Uganda in particular, the problem statement, the objectives of the ...
  • Design and fabrication of a pedal type carrot washing machine. 
    Nuwenshaba, Saviour (Busitema University., 2018-05)
    The tremendous transfiguration of carrots (dacus carrota) is promising as it is one crop that is highly demanded and takes a short period from seed preparation to harvesting time. The carrots and the carrot based products ...
  • Design and fabrication of a pedle operated sweet potato slicing machine. 
    Aodi, Naboth (Busitema University, 2022-03)
    Sweet potato which is ranked the 7th among foods consumed in the world, is one of the major food crops in Teso region. During periods of harvest surplus of the sweet potatoes needs to be persevered and consumed at later ...
  • Design and fabrication of a pineapple leaf fibre extracting machine. 
    Mwesigwa, Joseph (Busitema University., 2021-03)
    The rudimentary techniques of extracting PALF are faced with various constraints such as longer extraction time and poor fibre production rate. The barriers associated with traditional methods of extracting fibers will be ...
  • Design and fabrication of a scaled down wheel line sprinkler irrigation system : 
    Kiplangat, Dan (Busitema University, 2023)
    Uganda being a predominantly an agriculturally based economy, the major source of occupation is agriculture. According to the United Nation’s (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Uganda’s fertile agricultural land ...
  • Design and fabrication of a two row animal drawn Irish potato planter. 
    Malinga, Eliud (Busitema University., 2020)
    Irish potatoes is one of the important food crop grown in the slopes of mount elgon and western parts of Uganda. They are rich sources of carbohydrates, and are grown on fertile soils for greater yield in Uganda (2011.) ...
  • Design and fabrication of an animal drawn onion harvester. 
    Nabushuwu, Joy (Busitema University., 2016-05)
    Manual harvesting of onions is the commonly practiced of harvesting in Uganda. This is rigorous and time consuming. It is associated with back pain and hurting of fingers. This work is dominantly done by women and children. ...
  • Design and fabrication of an animal drawn upland rice planter. 
    Atulinda, Cholet Nyangoma (Busitema University., 2018-06)
    Upland rice is rice grown on dry land NERICA varieties, particularly NERICA 4, have been well adopted, grown continually in wide agro-ecological conditions in mid-altitude ecology (mainly between 800-1400 meters above Sea ...
  • Design and fabrication of an automatic indirect active solar dryer for sweet potato chips. 
    Masiga, Dan. (Busitema University., 2020-12)
    The main aim of the study was to come up with a design and fabrication of an automatic indirect active solar dryer for sweet potato chips. Its main objectives were to; design and fabricate an automatic indirect active solar ...
  • Design and fabrication of an engine operated turmeric grinding machine. 
    Katanga, Joel (Busitema University, 2022-03)
    Turmeric grinding is one of the most important stages in turmeric processing. In the grinding process, materials are reduced in size by fracturing them, the material is stressed by the action of mechanical moving parts ...
  • Design and fabrication of an engine paddy rice suction transporter. 
    Barasa, Edrine (Busitema University., 2022)
    A motorized paddy suction transporter machine made of locally available materials using local technology was designed, fabricated and tested for bagging and transporting paddy dried on the concreate pavements to solve ...

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