Traditional hand-technologies that are used to remove the hulls of sorgum and millet damage the grains, and therefore the quality and market value of the crops. The two crops are well-adapted to African conditions. Being drought and pest-resistant, they are particularly important for food security.
The Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania has improvized a simple mechanized processing technology for the grains that relieves the farmer of the ardous process of dehulling by hand, while preserving the quality and market value of the crops. The farmers will also be trained in how to process the sorgum and millet into various edible forms.
A pilot project to provide the machines to three groups of farmers was began in June 2006.
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February 05, 2007
Tanzanian university improvizes small-grains processing technology
Categories millet, processing, sorghum, Tanzania
