Vol. 19 No. 4 (2017): CIGR Journal

Published: 2018-01-17

I-Land and Water Engineering

Effects of inundation period and tillage option on field performance of self-propelled rice transplanter

Md. Anwar Hossen, Md. Anwar Hossen, Md. Mosharraf Hossain, Richard W Bell, Md. Enamul Haque

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II-Farm Buildings and Construction

Effect of conductive cooling pads on heat and moisture production of gilts in hot and thermoneutral environments

Gerald Riskowski, Christopher S. Shaffer, Paul C. Harrison

13-19
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III-Equipment Engineering for Plant Production

State of On-Farm Maize Mechanization in the Philippines

renita sta. maria dela cruz

20-28
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Sensor based definition of buxus stem shearing behavior in impact cutting process

Mohammad Reza Kamandar, Jafar Massah

29-35
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Evaluation of a Localized shake-and-Catch Harvesting System for Fresh Market Apples

Long He

36-44
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Design, fabrication and testing of soya milk production and pasteurization mini plant

IBRAHIM MOHAMMED GANA

45-53
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Releasing of seeds by a lateral mechanical impact for feeding sesame stems into harvester

Stoyan Savov Ishpekov

54-60
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Optimizing the single screw extruder die head to produce organic-based fertilizer pellet

Mohammad-Hossein Kianmehr

61-65
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Response of soil moisture content, evapotranspiration, and yield of cowpea to varying water application

FALOYE OLUWASEUN

66-75
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IV-Energy in Agriculture

Energy input-output analysis and mechanization status estimation for greenhouse vegetable production in Biskra province (Algeria)

Ahmed NOURANI, Abdelaali BENCHEIKH

76-82
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Energy analysis and greenhouse gas emission in broiler farms: A case study in Alborz province, Iran

Mahmoud Omid, Majid Khanali, Sajad Zand

83-90
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Improving the performance of mechanical stirring in biogas plant by computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

Rashed Mohammadrezaei, Samira Zareei, Nasser Behroozi-Khazaei

91-97
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V-Management, Ergonomics and Systems Engineering

Anpilpay 2.0: a New Human Powered Press for Producing Straw Bales for Load Bearing Constructions

Walter FRANCO, Dario Anastasio, Carlo Ferraresi, Francesco Gondino, Giuseppe Quaglia, Lorenzo Soprana

98-107
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VI-Postharvest Technology and Process Engineering

Thermal properties of sweet sorghum bagasse as a function of moisture content

Ajit K Mahapatra

108-113
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Soaking Effects on Physical Characteristics of Basmati (Pusa Basmati 1121) Rice

SAKHARAM KALE, SUNIL KUMAR JHA, PRERNA NATH

114-123
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Effect of two drying processes about soybean seed quality

Daniela Laoretani, Maria Cristina Gely, Susana Nolasco

124-132
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DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF AN ALMOND KERENEL EXTRACTION MACHINE

samy Abdelgaid Marey, Abdelfatah Mahmoud Drees, Mohamed Mahmoud Ibrahim, Mohamed Abdelgawad Aboegela

133-144
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Refractance Window and Conduction Dryings of Mango Pulp

Gurveer Kaur, Khushbu Kumari, Swarnendu Saha, Ashis Kumar Datta

145-151
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Development of empirical expression for thin layer groundnut drying under open sun and forced convection modes

Ravinder Kumar Sahdev, Mahesh Kumar, Ashwani Kumar Dhingra

152-158
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Value Chain Improvement of Fresh Sweet Potato through the Utilization of Mechanical Harvester

Edgar Dulay Flores

159-169
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Performance evaluation of some tangential impact shelling devices for moringa seed shelling

Oluwaseyi Fadele

170-180
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Design, Construction and Performance Evaluation of a Twin Screw Extruder

Sunday Samuel Sobowale

181-186
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Effects of moisture content and level in the crop on the shearing properties of chickpea stem

Feizollah Shahbazi

187-192
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Elasticity of cocoyam cormel as influenced by moisture content and loading orientation

Abdulganiy Olayinka Raji, Babatunde Olayinka Oyefeso

193-199
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Effect of Moisture Content on some Engineering properties of Groundnut Pods and Kernels

Aliyu Idris Muhammad, Rabi Kabir Ahmad, Ibrahim Lawan

200-208
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Optimization of ultrasound-assisted extraction of ascorbic acid from fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) seeds and evaluation its extracts in free radical scavenging

Mohammad Aboonajmi, Marzieh Ghorbani, Majid Ghorbani Javid, Akbar Arabhosseini

209-218
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Evaluation of a portable watermelon juice extracting machine

TIMOTHY ADESOYE ADEKANYE, Joseph Oluwasegun Adelakun

219-223
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VII-Information Systems

Climate Change-Based Modeling of Potential Land Use Arrangements for Coffee (Coffea arabica) and Forest in Costa Rica

Alberto Coto-Fonseca, Carlos Rojas, Sergio Molina-Murillo

224-229
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