By BUUMBA CHIMBULUABOUT US$438,000 has been invested into a new groundnut shelling line and seed sorting equipment by the Community Market for Conservation (COMACO).The new plant is expected to come on stream next month, which will help increase the shelling capacity, says COMACO Chipata Hub Manager, Smith Kapeya.Mr Kapeya explained that the new plant would address the problem of shelling of nuts of all sizes and at the same time increase the capacity needed to run the peanut butter production.“The new shelling line is going to address the problem of all sizes of nuts to be shelled, at the same time increase the capacity that we need for our production to run at full capacity in terms of the peanut butter production.“So we have invested in the equipment. We spent about US$438,000 on this new shelling line. The line is quiet big it is modern technology and would be able to do seed sorting as […]
COMACO invests US$438,000 in groundnut shelling plant
