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                    [Title] => Managing agri waste
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The traditional manual transplanting of rice in puddled soils requires 10 to 20 man-days per hectare. During peak planting period, labor is scarce. This results in a demand for high wage rate, which makes farm production costly.
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The Philippine Rootcrop Research and Training Center (PhilRootcrops) of Leyte State University (LSU) in Baybay, Leyte developed a system that can produce cassava grates at an average of 20 kilograms per hour or more than two tons per month.

The system involves the use of cassava grater, cassava grates spinner, cassava grates pulverizer and sieve, and rotary drum dryer. The procedure involves peeling and trimming, washing, grating, spinning, pulverizing, finishing, drying, and packing.
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Golden "kuhol" is an unwanted pest, destroying rice farms. Very few realize that this type of snail is a good source of protein for animal feeds and a potential source of income when processed into feeds and meal.
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Researchers at the Bicol University College of Agri-culture and Forestry (BUCAF) have developed a processing machine that makes conven-ient and conversion of ginger, locally known as "luya," into by-products like oil, medicine, wine, ginger powder, tea, and juice.

Testing of the machine for ginger juice extraction showed an average extraction capacity of 31.22 kilograms/hour and extraction rate of 404.20 millimeters/minute.
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The traditional manual transplanting of rice in puddled soils requires 10 to 20 man-days per hectare. During peak planting period, labor is scarce. This results in a demand for high wage rate, which makes farm production costly.
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The Philippine Rootcrop Research and Training Center (PhilRootcrops) of Leyte State University (LSU) in Baybay, Leyte developed a system that can produce cassava grates at an average of 20 kilograms per hour or more than two tons per month.

The system involves the use of cassava grater, cassava grates spinner, cassava grates pulverizer and sieve, and rotary drum dryer. The procedure involves peeling and trimming, washing, grating, spinning, pulverizing, finishing, drying, and packing.
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Golden "kuhol" is an unwanted pest, destroying rice farms. Very few realize that this type of snail is a good source of protein for animal feeds and a potential source of income when processed into feeds and meal.
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Researchers at the Bicol University College of Agri-culture and Forestry (BUCAF) have developed a processing machine that makes conven-ient and conversion of ginger, locally known as "luya," into by-products like oil, medicine, wine, ginger powder, tea, and juice.

Testing of the machine for ginger juice extraction showed an average extraction capacity of 31.22 kilograms/hour and extraction rate of 404.20 millimeters/minute.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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