Hisar: Indian Patent office has granted design patent to pedal operated maize shelling machine developed at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU). Vice-chancellor B R Kamboj ...

Many farmers grow maize but cannot afford the cost of acquiring some of the imported threshing machines because of the cost and such farmers resort to manual means of threshing which results into low ...

On the other hand, selling dry maize cobs leads to low income as the farmer is cheated due to low value addition and the cobs takes up much storage space due to their bulk. Maize thresher However, ...

Maize, one of the world's most important crops, is extensively grown as a food crop. Its importance in food and livestock feed cannot be overemphasised. However, a problem comes during postharvest ...

In what would have been unthinkable a few years ago, the Svosve family in north-eastern Zimbabwe is ditching maize for indigenous grains in order to overcome persistent drought and food shortages.

The thresher must be kept under rain-proof room after using. Photo by Desire Mbabaali. Shelling corns off the cob manually is both tedious and requires much labour. On the other hand, selling dry ...