Design, fabrication and testing of shea nut shelling machine

• Main Authors: Ibrahim, M. G., Shehu, A. A., Musa, Dauda Solomon, Ahmad, Desa
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2016
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50502/1/%2811%29%20IFRJ-16292%20Ahmad.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50502/; http://www.ifrj.upm.edu.my/23%20(06)%202016%20supplementary/(11)%20IFRJ-16292%20Ahmad.pdf

Sheanut (Butyrospernum paradoxum) is an oil rich tropical tree crop, which is indigenous to the West African savannah zone. In Nigeria, most of the sheanuts shelling are done manually by rural women and children, which is labour demanding and tedious. This research work was carried out to determine...