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 Rwanda flower farmers receive training in Kenya from: African Agriculture Blog Rwanda’s flower growing industry is expected to expand after the successful training of 20 flower farmers, said Vincent Karega, the Minister of State in charge of Industry and Investment Promotion. Karega said that the move to train farmers in flower production was part [...] UNIDO is the United Nations body tasked with industrial development. They have been active in promoting the introduction of small scale processing in Developing Countries. In this work they have developed very useful materials which are available online. One of these is Small-scale Fruit and Vegetable Processing and Products; Production Methods, Equipment and Quality Assurance [...] At the moment the Beta for Google’s toolbar requires Internet Explorer to operate. Is this just the development process or are the runors become reality – GOOSOFT or MICROGLE? With the concerns of global warming effecting the availability and cost of fishmeal, the search for alternative sources of protein for aquaculture feeds is ongoing. While the increasing production of soya oil cakes, in biodiesel production, may reduce the price and increase their availability, their suitability for high level replacement of fish meal. Now the [...] An obvious market for foods processed in Africa, is the large number of Africans living overseas, who yearn for their traditional foods. While there are a number of speciality shops and food is carried by travelers it seems that this market has not been well addressed. A recent article from Bangladesh illustrates the potential. The [...] This is rather an old story, but one that always comes to my mind when I think of food research and product development in “off the main track” areas. These Indian scientists have really worked on influencing the shape of the salt crystal during the crystallisation process. They have found that they could add glycine [...] The suppliers of equipment to the food industry are a source of information that should not be overlooked. In this case I have taken a screenshot from the webpage of GEA Niro which presents one of their spray dryers in some detail. This type of information, along with much other on their website, [...] This free book can be obtained at the website of the New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology.The book is published in flash but gives assistance in how to print chapters and how to download to use offline. The book is a detailed engineering approach to the processes that make up food [...] As food processors, our raw material costs are normally a large fraction of our total cost of production. There is no arguing the fact that the cost of many raw materials are rising. The reasons for these are numerous including the: changeable weather experienced world wide the increase in the crude oil price and therefore [...] I have spoken a few times about some of the projects that are run in food processing by development organisations. The objective is often to produce entrepreneurs from the unemployed poor. In my experience this seldom works as it takes more than a process, some equipment and a few training programmes, to produce people who [...] |
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