A coconut dehusking machine which dehusks coconuts
without nut breakage and distortion of the extracted
husks was developed at Michael Okpara University of
Agriculture, Umudike for small scale farm holders in the
rural areas. The machine is easy to operate and
performs with an average dehusking efficiency and
capacity of 93.45% and 79 nuts per hour. Introduction of
this machine eliminates the problem of extracted coir
fibre length distortion associated with the use of some
mechanized equipment as well as drudgery and risks
involved in the use of cutlass and spike for coconut
dehusking. It also eliminates dependency on the
epileptic public electric power supply in our rural areas