A hand operated maize dehusker-sheller to be operated by farm women was designed and developed to dehusk and shell the maize cobs using ergonomics (anthropometric, strength and physiological workload). Axial-flow maize dehusker-sheller with 540聽mm cylinder length and 380聽mm diameter required 3.03聽N-m torque on cylinder shaft while operating at 5.6聽m聽s鈭? peripheral speed and 100聽kg聽h鈭? feed rate by feeding cob one by one. This torque was 30%of isometric torque obtained at front position of handle (greatest distance) with lowest crank length. The heart rate of subject while operating the maize dehusker-sheller at 54聽rpm (5.6聽m聽s鈭?) was 142聽beats min鈭?. The output of 60聽kg聽h鈭? was obtained at the feed rate of 80聽kg聽h鈭?. Two subjects can operate the machine for an hour with a rest pause of 15聽min by swapping the operation.