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No more pounding

author(s) Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
from Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
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  • Western Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
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CTA. 2001. No more pounding. Spore 91. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

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Abstract

Mechanics in Benin and Togo have adapted simple crushing machines, first designed in Europe, for small-scale food processing. There is a hand-driven mechanical one and an electric one, powered by a dynamo. They can be used by women to crush and...

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