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Sustainable and equitable agricultural mechanization? A gendered perspective on maize shelling by Fischer, Gundula, Kotu, Bekele Hundie, Mutungi, C.

“…Key informants identified additional aspects that would make mechanized shelling more equitable and sustainable, such as mainstreaming gender and mechanization in comprehensive agricultural training, or the sensitization of mechanized input suppliers and manufacturers to farmers' preferences (including gender-sensitive machine design). Concerted efforts in multiple institutional sites are needed to achieve lasting change in respect of equity in mechanization.…”
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Saving the mango crop by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Spraying mangoes on the tree does not prevent all disease infections which may cause fruit which look good at harvest time to go bad before it reaches market. Now there is a machine designed to combat post-harvest fruit infections by dipping...…”
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