As a process, food fermentation dates back at least 6000 years and is likely to be derived
from microbial interactions of an appropriate nature. Fermentation has allowed our …

A locust bean steaming, dehulling and separating machine was designed in this study by
simulating the traditional processing operations. The machine consist of pressure cooking …

The effect of heat and moisture content on engineering properties of locust bean seeds was
determined in this study. The locust bean seeds were subjected to oven drying in reducing …

A comparative performance evaluation of an existing and modified acha dehuller was
carried out. The modifications undertaken on the existing dehuller were for the cylinder type …

African Locust Bean (ALB) inside a flowing river led to the conception and development of a
simple operated 3 kg capacity ALB depulping machine at the Farm Power and Machinery …

Paucity of information on performance parameters of the newly developed machine limit its
extension, adoption and commercialization. Hence, this study focused on the performance …

The cubing of food condiment usually requires special attention especially to consolidate the
material and achieve uniform cube-size during processing. This research was carried out to …

Abstract A Motorized Dehulling and Centrifugational Cleaning Machine for Locust Beans
was designed in this study. The inlet into the dehulling chamber is a hopper made with mild …

Women and girls are most vulnerable in the society, most especially when considering the
incidence of poverty. This follow a saying that, train a girl child and emancipate a Nation, if …

Fermentations are enzyme-induced chemical alterations in food or substrate. The enzyme
involved may be produced by microorganisms or they may be indigenous to the food or …