Coconut is one of the major crops grown by small-scale farmers in Kenya coast. This crop has a great potential to contribute to the economy of the region, owing to the wide applications of its products. Virtually all parts of the crop including its leaves, fruit, stem and roots are useful for many products, such as food, beverages, cosmetics, medicine, furniture, textiles and cocopeat. Cocopeat is a by-product in fibre production from coconut husks. The cocopeat is used as a planting medium in soilless culture in agricultural production and as a soil substitute in containerized crop production. Recently, these soilless media have received much interest especially in commercial applications in Kenya, especially in horticultural farms. Since the cocopeat is a loose material, its transportation poses a challenge due to its bulkiness. Therefore a need for compacting it for ease of transportation. For this purpose, an automated cocopeat block making machine was developed to compact the loose cocopeat into uniform blocks to facilitate stacking and ease of transportation from source to agricultural farms across the country. The machine was automated.
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