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Technologies and technical equipment for agriculture and food industry

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Volume 78 / No. 1 / 2026

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STATUS OF SELECTED MECHANIZATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR TUBER CROPS IN ETHIOPIA: A REVIEW

የተመረጡት የሜካናይዜሽን ቴክኖሎጅዎች የቲዩበር ሰብሎች ሁኔታ በኢትዮጵያ፡ አጠቃላይ ግምገማ

DOI : https://doi.org/10.35633/inmateh-78-79

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(*) AMANUEL ERCHAFO

Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Melkassa Agricultural Research Centre, Department of Agricultural Engineering, P.O. Box 436, Adama, Ethıopıa

(*) Corresponding authors:

amanbaaman40@gmail.com |

AMANUEL ERCHAFO

Abstract

A study aimed to investigate the status of postharvest technologies developed for root crops for the intervention of improvement, participatory evaluation, scale-up and distribution of technologies. Agriculture is a key component of Ethiopia's Growth and Transformation Strategy, which aims to improve the quality of life for its citizens, enhance food self-sufficiency, and increase income generation. A review on the status of selected post-harvest technologies for root crops was conducted on a decorticator, pulverize, fermenter, washer, polisher, boiler, peeler, grader, and digger. The review revealed that, in order to alleviate the root crops processing problem, very few studies have been conducted in Ethiopia. There is still a high demand for postharvest technologies to streamline root crop processing procedures and cut down on labour-intensive tasks and time commitments. Postharvest technologies development related to root crops was still far apart when compared to grain crops, which means the technology intervention for root crops was non-significant, but currently, in the case of enset processing, good progress has been made. Root crops are the most perishable crop, which can deteriorate within two or three days after harvesting, so the intervention of technologies is very important for processing. The investigation was carried out on the selected postharvest technologies developed for root crops in Ethiopia only. Further research and development are needed to improve root-crop processing technologies and make them more accessible to farmers. This study suggests that researchers, institutions, and all stakeholders should explore innovative technologies to address the problem of root crop processing technologies. Based on a review of the status of technologies, the effective technologies that were identified in this study are recommended for intervention of minor improvement, participatory evaluation, scale-up and distribution for end users.

Abstract in Amharic

ለቴክኖሎጂ ማሻሻያ፣ አሳታፊ ግምገማ፣ መጠነ ሰፊ እና ስርጭት ጣልቃገብነት ለስር ሰብሎች የተገነቡ የድህረ ምርት ቴክኖሎጂዎችን ሁኔታ ለመመርመር ያለመ ጥናት። ግብርና የኢትዮጵያ የዕድገትና ትራንስፎርሜሽን ስትራቴጂ ቁልፍ አካል ሲሆን ዓላማውም የዜጎችን የኑሮ ጥራት ለማሻሻል፣ የምግብ ራስን መቻልን ለማሳደግ እና የገቢ ማስገኛን ለማሳደግ ነው። ለስር ሰብሎች የተመረጡ የድህረ-ምርት ቴክኖሎጂዎች ሁኔታ ላይ ግምገማ በዲኮርቲክተር ፣ መፍጨት ፣ ማፍላት ፣ ማጠቢያ ፣ ፖሊሸር ፣ ቦይለር ፣ ፒለር ፣ ግሬደር እና ቆፋሪ ላይ ተካሂዷል። በግምገማው የስር ሰብል ማቀነባበሪያ ችግርን ለመቅረፍ በኢትዮጵያ በጣም ጥቂት ጥናቶች መደረጉን አረጋግጧል። የስር ሰብል ማቀነባበሪያ ሂደቶችን ለማቀላጠፍ እና ጉልበት የሚጠይቁ ተግባራትን እና የጊዜ ቁርጠኝነትን ለመቀነስ የድህረ ምርት ቴክኖሎጂዎች አሁንም ከፍተኛ ፍላጎት አለ። የድህረ ምርት ቴክኖሎጂዎች ከስር ሰብሎች ጋር ሲነፃፀሩ አሁንም በጣም የተራራቁ ነበሩ ይህም ማለት ለስር ሰብሎች የቴክኖሎጂ ጣልቃገብነት ጠቃሚ አልነበረም, ነገር ግን በአሁኑ ጊዜ, ኢንሴት ማቀነባበርን በተመለከተ, ጥሩ እድገት ታይቷል. ሥር ሰብሎች በጣም ሊበላሹ የሚችሉ ሰብሎች ናቸው, ከተሰበሰቡ በኋላ በሁለት ወይም በሦስት ቀናት ውስጥ ሊበላሹ ይችላሉ, ስለዚህ የቴክኖሎጂ ጣልቃገብነት ለማቀነባበር በጣም አስፈላጊ ነው. ምርመራው የተካሄደው በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ብቻ ለስር ሰብሎች በተዘጋጁ የተመረጡ የድህረ ምርት ቴክኖሎጂዎች ላይ ነው። የስር ሰብል ማቀነባበሪያ ቴክኖሎጂዎችን ለማሻሻል እና ለገበሬዎች ተደራሽ ለማድረግ ተጨማሪ ምርምር እና ልማት ያስፈልጋል። ይህ ጥናት ተመራማሪዎች፣ ተቋማት እና ሁሉም ባለድርሻ አካላት የስር ሰብል ማቀነባበሪያ ቴክኖሎጂዎችን ችግር ለመፍታት አዳዲስ ቴክኖሎጂዎችን ማሰስ እንዳለባቸው ይጠቁማል። የቴክኖሎጂዎችን ሁኔታ በመገምገም, በዚህ ጥናት ውስጥ ተለይተው የታወቁት ውጤታማ ቴክኖሎጂዎች ለአነስተኛ መሻሻል, አሳታፊ ግምገማ, ማሳደግ እና ለዋና ተጠቃሚዎች ስርጭት ጣልቃገብነት ይመከራሉ:


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