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In Cameroon, the quantity of seeds of gourd of the species “Cucumeropsis Mannii naudin” is estimated at about 747000 tons each year in the markets. Only 18% of these seeds are sold as “shelled seeds, which means “ready to eat”. The scarcity of “shelled seeds” which results in a high price (250g costs 500fcfa=0.86293USD) is explained by the fact that, generally speaking, shelling is still done manually everywhere in Cameroon because of a lack of alternative means available.

Retailers are the most concerned because to obtain this 18%, they usually use a small stick to strike at the edges of each seed stabilized vertically on a support such as a stool in sitting position which is particularly long and painful.

The use of a possible alternative means to increase the productivity of manual shelling and reduce its painfulness, is a need clearly expressed by retailers, but they demand that this means should Maintain the good shelling quality of manual shelling while minimizing losses