BOOK of ABSTRACTS

BOOK of ABSTRACTS Conference Coordination Committee Prof. Daniella Jorge de Moura, Brazilian Society of Agricultural CHAIR: Ajit Srivastava, Professor, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering; Latin American and Caribbean Association of Engineering, Michigan State University Agricultural Engineering Prof. Sreekala Bajwa, Chair, Agricultural and Biosystems Mr. Maimbo Malesu, Southern & Eastern African Rainwater Engineering, North Dakota State University Network, World Agroforestry Centre Mr. Darrin Drollinger, Executive Director, ASABE Mr. Joseph Mpagalile, U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization Prof. Dorota Haman, Head, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Prof. Ademola Olorunfemi, Nigerian Society of Engineers University of Florida Mr. Jaime Orjuela Osorio, Colombian Association of Food Science Mr. Maynard Herron, Engineering Manager, AGCO Corporation, and Technology and President-Elect, ASABE Dr. N.C. Patel, Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers Dr. Terry Howell, Product Development Manager, McKee Foods, Prof. Vijaya Raghavan, Canadian Society of Bioengineering and Past-President, ASABE Dr. Amauri Rosenthal, Brazilian Corporation for Agricultural Prof. Prasanta Kalita, Director, ADM Institute of Post-harvest Loss Research Prevention Mr. Erik Schmidt, National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture, Prof. Dirk Maier, Associate Director, Global Food Security University of South Queensland Consortium, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State Prof. C. Soerensen, Aarhus University, 2016 CIGR Conference University Mr. Alastair Taylor, The Institution of Agricultural Engineers Prof. Linus Opara, South African Research Chair in Postharvest Mr. David Tinker, EurAgEng Technology, Stellenbosch University Dr. Omar Trujillo Jimenez, Universidad El Bosque Prof. K.C. Ting, Head, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Ms. Isobel van der Stoepe, South African Institute of Agricultural University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Engineering Prof. Lalit Verma, Head, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Arkansas, and Past-President, ASABE Program Committee Prof. Mary Leigh Wolfe, Head, Biological Systems Engineering, CO-CHAIR: Linus Opara, Stellenbosch University, South Africa Virginia Tech, and President, ASABE CO-CHAIR: K.C. Ting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA [email protected] Advisory Committee Ricardo Bartosik, National Institute of Agricultural Technology, CHAIR:Terry Howell, Jr., McKee Foods Corporation, and Past- Argentina President, ASABE Ganesh Bora, North Dakoda State University, USA Dr. Robert Bertram, Chief Scientist, U.S. Agency for International Indrajeet Chaubey, Purdue University, USA Development Ogbonnaya Chukwu, Federal University of Technology, Nigeria Dr. Stanford Blade, Dean, University of Alberta K.C. Das, University of Georgia, USA Ambassador (ret.) Eric Bost, Assistant Director – External Relations, Josse De Baerdemaeker, KU Leuven, Belgium The Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture Nguyen Duy Duc, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Prof. Josse De Baerdemaeker, KU- Leuven Viet Nam Dr. Robert Easter, President Emeritus, University of Illinois at Ali Widaa Mohammed Elamin, University of Khartoum, Sudan Urbana-Champaign José Vicente Caixeta Filho, University of São Paulo-ESALQ, Brazil Mr. Yoshisuke Kishida, President, Shin-Norinsha Co. Ltd. Margaret Gitau, Purdue University, USA John Mathew, Pepsico Global Research and Development Sundaram Gunasekaran, University of Wisconsin, USA Ms. Carol Moore, Director – Global Alliances and Strategic Alan Hansen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Initiatives, Heifer International Prasanta Kalita, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Prof. Steven Raine, Executive Director, Institute for Agriculture and Dirk Maier, Iowa State University, USA the Environment, Toowoomba Marty Matlock, University of Arkansas, USA Dr. Gajendra Singh, Adjunct Professor, Indian Agricultural Research Brighton Mvumi, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Institute Godfrey M.N. Ngunjiri, Egerton University, Kenya Dr. Margaret Zeigler, Executive Director, Global Harvest Initiative Scott Pryor, North Dakoda State University, USA Vijaya Raghavan, McGill University, Canada Partners Committee Luis Rodriguez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA CHAIR: Lalit R. Verma, University of Arkansas, and Past-President, Dharmendra Saraswat, Purdue University, USA ASABE Tilahun Seyoum, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa Prof. Babatunde Adewumi, Nigerian Institute of Agricultural Paul Singh, University of California, Davis, USA Engineers Jeffrey Smithers, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa Prof. Jose Francisco Aguilar, University of Costa Rica Ann Steensland, Global Harvest Initiative, USA Prof. Noble Banadda, Makerere University Viboon Thepent, Post-harvest Engineering Research Group, Prof. Chang-Hyun Choi, Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Thailand Prof. Ayub N. Gitau, University of Nairobi Dr. Emmanuel Hugo, EurAgEng Prof. Tadeusz Juliszewski, CIGR Dr. Nicholas Kiggundu, Makerere University, Uganda Dr. Yoshisuke Kishida, Science Council of Japan Dr. Shujun Li, CIGR; Chinese Academy of Agricultural Mechanization Sciences Prof. Ta-Te Lin, Taiwan Institute of Biomechatronics Mr. Vicente Angeles Montiel, University of Chapingo THEME 1 Role of Mechanization and Precision Agriculture in Food Availability in the Context of Smallholder Farms John K. Schueller .............................................................................................................................................. 7 Profiling the Contribution of Agricultural Engineering Technologies to Mechanization of Smallholder Agriculture in Uganda Joshua Wanyama ............................................................................................................................................. 7 Farm Machinery Demand and Power Requirement for Mechanizing Small Rice Farming in Kampar Region, Indonesia Ujang Paman .................................................................................................................................................... 8 Strategies for Enhancement of Appropriate-Scale Mechanization for Sustainable Intensification Alan C. Hansen ................................................................................................................................................. 8 Engineering Solutions to Ensure Food Security: An Economic Perspective Craig Gundersen .............................................................................................................................................. 9 Post-Harvest Mechanization of Millet Cultivation Helps Alleviate Drudgery and Improve Crop Quality and Yield Shrikalaa Kannan .............................................................................................................................................. 10 Appropriate Scale Mechanization for Biomass Utilization for Sustainable Food Production Indra Mani ........................................................................................................................................................ 10 OPEN FORUMS 1-3 ........................................................................................................................... 11 THEME 2 Role of Water Management in Food Availability in Context of Smallholder Farms Everisto Mapedza ............................................................................................................................................ 12 Smallholder Water Management Innovations for Improving Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa Joshua Wanyama ............................................................................................................................................. 12 Improving ‘On-Farm’ Water Management in Australia Through The Use Of Crop Models Allan Peake....................................................................................................................................................... 13 Agroclimate Mozambique: Adapting Agroclimate for Climate Smart Agricultural Management in Mozambique Clyde Fraisse .................................................................................................................................................... 14 Forecasting Water Stress and Yield Trends 1 | Page Clyde Munster .................................................................................................................................................. 14 Improving Dry Season Irrigation in the Eastern Gangetic Plains Erik Schmidt ..................................................................................................................................................... 15 Sustainable Water Use under Changing Land Use and Climate Variability for Global Food Security: Case Study of Mkomazi River Basin Oseni Amoo...................................................................................................................................................... 15 THEME 3 Role of Postharvest and Value-added Processing in Food Utilization in Context of Smallholder Farms Ramabhau Tuma Patil ...................................................................................................................................... 16 Postharvest Storage Technology for Fruit and Vegetables Appropriate for Use by Small Scale Farmers in South Africa Sipho Sibanda..................................................................................................................................................

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