An Overview of Development of a Rice Processing Plant for Rural Use

The short fall in capacity and quality between locally produced rice for example in developing countries like Nigeria (2.8 million tons) and domestic consumption (5.9 million tons) called for developing a low cost and efficient rice processing machine for improved capacity and quality for sustainable agricultural production. Rice processing plant development was carried out to the point of production at Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria for rural farmers. Out of locally available materials searched for, industrial rubber roller material performed best with coefficient of dehulling, coefficient of wholeness, dehulling efficiency and cleaning efficiency of values 66.00%, 0.77, 0.88 and 97.00% respectively.