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v DRYING
v SMOKING
v TOASTING
v BOILING
v CHOPPING /CHIPPING / SLICING
v SHREDDING
v GRINDING
v GRATING
v FERMENTING
v EXTRUSION
v ENSILING
v CHEMICAL TREATMENT
v COMPACTING
PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES USED AT THE PEASANT FARMER LEVEL
v SUN DRYING – On Open Fields, Concrete Slabs, Abandoned Motor Highways,
Rock Surfaces or in cribs.
v SOAKING OR FERMENTATION
– In Earthen Ware, Pots or Other Containers;
Streams and Edges of Rivers.
v SMOCKING – By Firewood, Sawdust, Palm Kernels, Oil
Palm Fruit Fibre, Dried
Straws.
v BOILING – In Open Containers and Fuelled with Materials Listed Above.
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v
DRYERS – Of Varying Capacities Feulled
by Firewood, Gas Coal Sawdust, Solar dryers.
v
OIL
EXPELLERS – For
Mechanical and Chemical Extraction of Oils From Oil
seed
Cakes and Separation of the Cakes.
v
KERNEL/NUT
SEPERATORS –
v
SHELLERS
FOR MAIZE
v
FRUIT
EXTRACTION EQUIPMENT – which Separates the Juice and
Discards the Fibrous Parts.
v
MANUAL
SLICING AND CHPPING EQUIPMENT – For Tubers.
v
GRATORS
FERMENTORS and FRYERS – For Cassava
v
MANUALLY
OPERATED PELLETIZERS
v
MILLING
MACHINES - For Grains
v
SMOCKING
KILN for Fish Meal and other Animal By-products.
v
MINERAL
BLOCK MAKING EQUIPMENT
v
UREA/
MOLLASES/ CROP RESIDUE BRIQUETTING MACHINE
v
ALKALI
TREATMENT EQUIPMENT
v
LEAF
PROTEIN EXTRACTION MACHINE
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v
DRYING AND STORAGE OF
GRAINS
v
OIL EXTRACTION EQUIPMENT
FOR MECHANICAL OR CHEMICAL EXTRACTION
v
EXTRUSION EQUIPMENT –
For Oil Seed Cakes Notably Soybean
v
DEHULLING FACILITIES
v
PELLETIZERS
v
MEAT RENDERING EQUIPMENT
v
BY-PRODUCTS –
From Food Industries also used for Livestock Feeding
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CONSTRAINTS TO FEED
SUFFICIENCY THROUGH IMPROVED TECHNOLOGIES
Ø
INCONSISTENT GOVERNMENT
POLICIES
Ø
LOW EXPENDITURE ON
AGRICULTURE
Ø
POOR INFRASTRUCTURE
Ø
POOR MICRO-CREDIT SUPPLY
Ø
POOR FUNDING OF RESEARCH
Ø
LACKS OF COLLABORATION
BETWEEN SCIENTISTS, AS UNIVERSITIES ARE GENERALLY NOT REGARDED AS PARTNERS IN
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEMS.
Ø
LACK OF MARKET ORIENTED
MULTI DISCPLINARY RESEARCH PACKAGES IN RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS.
Ø
POOR TRAINING FOR STUDENTS
OF AGRICULTURE DUE TO INADEQUATE EXPOSURE TO PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE AND MARKET
CONSIDERATION
Ø
INADEQUATE EXTENSION SERVICES AND POOR FUNDING OF
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
Ø
LACK OF TRAINING AND
PUBLICITY ON EXISTING PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES
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RECOMMENDATIONS
1 MARKET ORIENTED MULTIDISCPINARY RESEARCH PROJECTS
2 FARM GATE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES
3 EQUIPMENT FABRICATION AND EFFICIENCY
4 PRODUCT STANDARDISATION
5 TRAINING AND PUBLICITY
6 CREDIT SUPPLY THROUGH PROMOTION OF MARKETABLE COMMODITIES AND FORMATION OF COOPERATIVES