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  • Adoption of a vacuum drying technology for vanilla beans. 
    Tugume, Dan (Busitema University., 2017-05)
    This report contains work for a development project of adoption of vacuum drying technology vanilla beans. Vanilla beans are harvested when they are green and flavorless. This is because the botany of vanilla beans revealed ...
  • Analysis of biogas potential generated from cow dung of animals fed on banana peelings and elephant grass. 
    Kaweesa, William (Busitema University., 2017-05)
    In this research to determine the potential of biogas generation from cow dung of different kind, involved obtaining the cow dung by feeding -the animal on elephant grass. and banana peeling in the proportions: 100% elephant ...
  • Assessment of energy usage in both small and medium scale dry maize milling plants : 
    Wasswa, Deo (Busitema University., 2017-05)
    This research aims at the investigation of energy usage in dry small and. medium scale maize milling plants in areas of Jinja and Busia municipalities. The performance of the hammer mills was evaluated on different milling ...
  • Characterization of bananas for wine making. 
    Ayebare, Rabecca (Busitema University., 2018-05)
    The Banana is an important economic resource for rural farmers in Uganda. 'With a total annual production estimated at about 10 million metric tons, the crop ranks high among enterprises that. support livelihoods of ...
  • Design & construction of a solar powered fresh egg vacuum dryer 
    Simali, Habert (Busitema University, 2020)
    Design & construction of a solar powered fresh egg vacuum dryer
  • Design & construction of a biomass powered onion curer. 
    Kungu, Lazaro (Busitema University., 2018-05)
    Onion (Allium cepa) is one of the most popular vegetable that make up daily diet. It is valued for its distinct pungent flavor and is an essential ingredient for cooking in many regions The onion curing machine was designed ...
  • Design & construction of a cassava peeling machine. 
    Adiga, Raymond (Busitema University., 2020-12)
    Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is one of the most common economic and productive root crops grown in tropical countries. Cassava, introduced in Uganda between 1862 and 1875, is currently one of the most important ...
  • Design & construction of a clay based evaporative cooler for fruits. 
    Kibuuka, Ernest (Busitema University., 2019-05)
    A clay based evaporative cooling system was designed and constructed to increase the shelf' life of stored fruits. The evaporative cooler was tasted and evaluated using three different fruits that is to say bananas, apples ...
  • Design & construction of a honey extraction line. 
    Mandela, Simon (Busitema University., 2018-05)
    Natural honey is one of the most widely sought products due to its unique properties, which are attributed to the influence of the different groups of substances it contains. Honey is used for nutritional, medicinal and ...
  • Design & construction of a hybrid rice dryer with a heat recovery system. 
    Magabo, Derick (Busitema University., 2019-05)
    Rice (Oryz.ae sativa) is one of the most important foods in Uganda supplying as much as half of the daily nutritional requirements and calories to the Ugandan population. (MAFSC, 2009). About 80% office farmers in Uganda. ...
  • Design & construction of a motorized maize flour mingier. 
    Arikosi, Luke Onoria (Busitema University., 2019-05)
    The study goes through the step by step procedures which led to the achievement of the intended main and specific objectives. The designed maize flour mingier machine of capacity 2kg comprised of inner and outer jackets ...
  • Design & construction of a motorized tomato pulp and seed extraction machine. 
    Mudoma, Cosmas (Busitema University., 2018-05)
    Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) is one of the significant fruit/vegetable crop popularly consumed almost in every country of the world. They are consumed fresh in combination with salads or used in cooking as a recipe. ...
  • Design & construction of a pineapple juicing machine for small and medium scale processors. 
    Jakech, Boris Rwothomio (Busitema University., 2018-05)
    The extractor was successfully constructed and tested with an extraction efficiency of 68.6% and capacity or 1600kg/hr and. initial- investment. cost of 115M. The machine can be used in production by both small, medium and ...
  • 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 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 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 ...

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