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Kickstart Oilseed Press |
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| Description |
Manually operated oilseed press that is ideally suited for small-scale sunflower cooking oil businesses in East Africa.
The press extracts oil from sunflower, sesame, and other oil seeds. The filter produces clear, cold-pressed, nutritious cooking oil ready for sale or consumption. The seedcake by-product is valued as a high protein animal feed supplement. Durable, easy to operate, minimum training, no electric nor fuel energy requirements. |
| Editor's Comments
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| Primarily For
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Agriculture |
| Other Purposes
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Agriculture, Economic Development, Nutrition, Trade |
| Climate |
Cold, Dry/Arid, Temperate, Tropical |
| Emphasis |
Communities, Individuals, Industries |
| Effort to Implement
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Moderate |
| Maximum Cost |
$
1000 |
| Why |
Called the “Mafuta Mali” (meaning “oil wealth” in Kiswahili), it was based on an original “ram press” design by Carl Bielenberg but was designed to be more efficient, durable and profitable to use. KickStart also developed and designed the first Gravity Bucket Filter to go with the press and developed a complete set of tooling for local mass production of both the press and filter.
The KickStart Oilseed Press Business Package includes: a press, a bucket filter, a detailed manual, spare parts and a tool kit. It has been selected as the manual oilseed press of choice by numerous other international development organisations. |
| URL(s) |
http://www.kickstart.org/tech/index.html
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| Availability Limits |
MoneyMaker Oil Press only available for distribution in the following East African countries |
| Resources |
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| Email |
minifarms@gmail.com |
