Resource Library

At IDIN, we’re all about learning, especially when it’s hands-on. Here we’ve compiled some of our favorite resources, many of which are used at our trainings and summits around the world.

Evaluation of Hand and Foot Operated Rice Threshers

  • Student Papers

This KNUST student thesis analyzes the threshing speed, threshing losses, drugery, threshing efficiency and threshing capacity of two rice threshers produced in Ghana: a hand-operated and a foot-operated thresher.

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Innovations in Cassava Grating in Ghana

  • Student Papers

This report explores the design and development of a portable, off-the-shelf cassava grater in Ghana by students at Olin College. 

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Performance Evaluation of a Motorized Mini Rice Thresher

  • Student Papers

This KNUST student thesis evaluates a mechanized rice thresher developed in Konongo, Ghana on the parameters of capacity, efficiency, optimum speed for threshing, and fuel consumption.

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Innovations in Cassava Pressing in Ghana

  • Student Papers

This report explores the design and development of a portable screw-based cassava press for gari producing women in Ghana by students at Olin College. 

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Modification of Furnace Design for the Production of Coke from Palm Kernel Shells for Metallurgical Processes

  • Student Papers

Palm kernel shells are produced as waste from palm oil and are utilized by blacksmiths after they have been charred to burn off the remaining oils in them. This KNUST student thesis analyzes the calorific value of palm kernel shells used during this process.

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Agricultural Mobile Irrigation System Engineering Senior Design Report

  • Student Papers

This report has been compiled with the intent of summarizing the progress made on the Agricultural Mobile Irrigation System (AMIS) and includes the problem scope and development, current design specifications and how they came about, the benchmarks for evaluation, and the results. The main objectives were to build and evaluate the performance of a complete AMIS system.

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Bikultivator: Cultivating Our Way Through Zambia

  • Student Papers

This UC-David D-Lab project sought to provide improvements for this push cultivator, formerly known as the Northwestern Bike Plow. Through a series of proposed modifications our objective was to make this push cultivator more farmer-friendly, versatile, crop sensitive and soil conserving.

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Analysis of Emissions and Energy Content of Coconut Husk

  • Student Papers

This KNUST student thesis measured the energy content and emissions from biocharring coconuts to assess the potential of using coconut husk as an energy source.

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Rainwater Collection in North Uganda's IDP/Refugee Camps

  • Student Papers

This is a final project report by IDIN Network member and Rethink Relief 2014 participant Tobias Bahne on the design and development of rainwater collection technologies in Northern Uganda's refugee camps. 

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Assessment of Potential Markets for Soil Moisture Sensor in Tanzania

  • Student Papers

This report explores the potential market for a soil moisture sensor to improve the lives of farmers in Africa, particularly Tanzania. 

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