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 I regularly get access to articles like the one illustrated below which give a view of what the trends in foods for the “Western Market”
from:Food Science Central
This is always interesting but not really of direct applicability to any but a small part of the African market. I find this list [...] Oxfam has called on consumers to not blindly change their purchasing pattern because of the food mile concept. from: Oxfam Their argument that Africa’s poor deserve support is a good one but saying that hothouse raised roses are worse than Kenyan roses from a carbon footprint view forgets that roses can be grown [...]
from: Voice of America
A new factory in Uganda promises to help provide small farmers with seeds for more than 55 crops, including vegetables as well as groundnuts, soybeans, maize, rice and other grains. The new privately owned plant comes as the government is encouraging business to play a larger role in [...] Here is the first of my notes on Biofuels – I look forward to inputs and comments! I am sure I can not answer that question – I think its a bit like the “will Biotechnology really save the poor of the world?” question which has two “sides”, a public who can’t decide and not [...] The article discusses the different types of pump in detail (principles, diagrams and photos) and links them to the operations and products they best suit. It supplies decision making guides, data sheets to collect the necessary process information and a list of suppliers – in USA unfortunately. It futher discusses integration into the process and [...] Food & Drink Europereport that Lallemand Health Ingredients (LHI) have anounced the launch of a chewy fruit containing PACran cranberry powder eith the claim that “One daily ‘PACran softchew’ is recommended by the company to support urinary tract health” This appears to be a growing tend – Euromonitor value the functional and healthy [...] A report, by the National Research Council of America, the third in a series by the council called ‘Lost Crops of Africa’, appears to promote the domestication of the indigenous fruits of Africa as a solution to nutritional, environmental and economic needs!
from: FoodNavigator.com
I wonder how real this is? Many [...] Am I becoming one of the conspiracy theory sector- according to the Borok-Bangsaku Blogthe Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has awarded US$13 million in grants to establish nationwide networks of rural agro-dealers in Malawi, Tanzania and Kenya. from:Borok-Bangsaku Blog Is this another approach to investing donor funds that act as [...] There are many articles at the moment focusing on the rising agricultural and food prices around the world. This one from from Business 247 News is interesting that even the title breaks the link between food price rises and biofuels! Emirates Business 24|7.jpg” border=”0″ width=”350″ height=”371″ /> from: Business 247
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