Multi-Crop Thresher: a low-cost and labour-saving crop threshing/shelling option for smallholder farmers
The Multi-crop Thresher (MCT) is a low-cost and labour-saving crop threshing/shelling option for smallholder farmers. It can be used to thresh a range of crops such as sorghum, millet, wheat, soybean, cowpea, sugar bean, etc. For a service provider, it is a machine that can generate good income for...
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| author | Matin, M. A. Mulundu, S. Zingwari, O. |
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| description | The Multi-crop Thresher (MCT) is a low-cost and labour-saving crop threshing/shelling option for smallholder farmers. It can be used to thresh a range of crops such as sorghum, millet, wheat, soybean, cowpea, sugar bean, etc. For a service provider, it is a machine that can generate good income for about 3–4 months in a year when farmers thresh/shell their produce. The diesel engine-powered Multi-crop Thresher is fast compared to manual shelling. It drastically reduces drudgery, labour, time, and cost compared to manual threshing of crops. The thresher has a low cost of operation and maintenance. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1774112025-11-11T16:36:32Z Multi-Crop Thresher: a low-cost and labour-saving crop threshing/shelling option for smallholder farmers Matin, M. A. Mulundu, S. Zingwari, O. threshing postharvest technology agricultural mechanization smallholders sustainable agriculture The Multi-crop Thresher (MCT) is a low-cost and labour-saving crop threshing/shelling option for smallholder farmers. It can be used to thresh a range of crops such as sorghum, millet, wheat, soybean, cowpea, sugar bean, etc. For a service provider, it is a machine that can generate good income for about 3–4 months in a year when farmers thresh/shell their produce. The diesel engine-powered Multi-crop Thresher is fast compared to manual shelling. It drastically reduces drudgery, labour, time, and cost compared to manual threshing of crops. The thresher has a low cost of operation and maintenance. 2025-10 2025-10-29T17:36:00Z 2025-10-29T17:36:00Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177411 en Open Access application/pdf Matin, M. A., Mulundu, S. and Zingwari, O. 2025. Multi-Crop Thresher (MCT). AICCRA Brief. Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA). |
| spellingShingle | threshing postharvest technology agricultural mechanization smallholders sustainable agriculture Matin, M. A. Mulundu, S. Zingwari, O. Multi-Crop Thresher: a low-cost and labour-saving crop threshing/shelling option for smallholder farmers |
| title | Multi-Crop Thresher: a low-cost and labour-saving crop threshing/shelling option for smallholder farmers |
| title_full | Multi-Crop Thresher: a low-cost and labour-saving crop threshing/shelling option for smallholder farmers |
| title_fullStr | Multi-Crop Thresher: a low-cost and labour-saving crop threshing/shelling option for smallholder farmers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multi-Crop Thresher: a low-cost and labour-saving crop threshing/shelling option for smallholder farmers |
| title_short | Multi-Crop Thresher: a low-cost and labour-saving crop threshing/shelling option for smallholder farmers |
| title_sort | multi crop thresher a low cost and labour saving crop threshing shelling option for smallholder farmers |
| topic | threshing postharvest technology agricultural mechanization smallholders sustainable agriculture |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177411 |
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