This book is in no doubt a good material to all students of agricultural engineering in training to become engineers. An insight into the advances which have been made and currently in progress provided a strong base for a review of the curriculum in order to catch up with the global trends in agricultural engineering revolution in Nigeria. For the ever-increasing population, the drudgeries involved in food production, losses in crop handling, processing and the increasing expectation of food products of high quality coupled with global safety standards, machine manoeuvrability, etc. has called for the development of accurate, fast and objective quality determination of the characteristics of food and agricultural products and guardian systems in machines (automated systems).

Non-destructive and cost-effective techniques such as computer vision and image analysis have been employed in sorting agricultural products during handling processes and commercial purposes. Adapting these growing trends to agricultural (crops) and food production and processing industries in Nigeria will open more opportunities to young engineers in the energy technology (ICT) world in ensuring survival is addressed in this revised version of the book. Therefore, it is a good material for engineering students yearning for broad-based knowledge of the rich life-supporting and challenging technological processes involved in agricultural engineering operations.​