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These two products are so weird but yet so simple that I can’t resist putting up a post on them.
The first is Sipaah, a straw that imparts flavour to pure milk.
from: UNISTRAW (click image for full story online)
The straw has filters at both ends which are packed with [...]
This clip from Wikipedia explains the comment in the title. Today when we talk biomass in the biofuel context we might think of switchgrass grown for ethanol, saw milling waste or soya beans for biodiesel production – but in fact the wood fire was the first example of a biomass fuel and is still a [...]
I am aware that many of the people who could benefit from the information I am publishing have difficulty in downloading files from the INTERNET due to the cost of being online. I in fact mentioned this in a recent blog which was based on a very practical drying manual which can be downloaded.
While [...]
A while back I published posts which gave a link to a news item and explained the story in a sentence or two, eg
I am now using the Delicious social bookmarking system to replace this feature of the DIGIVU Blog. Using Delicious will allow me to provide more information – this is one [...]
I believe now is an appropriate time to focus on drying and solar energy. Drying is the simplest and one of the most effective methods of preserving food, allowing it to be stored without cost and equipment. The energy of the sun is free to anyone able to use it effectively. In the current situation [...]
The second way I think we can use Web 2.0 to develop food processing enterprises in Africa (see post on first tool) is to use cloud based spreadsheets to support some of the mechanical parts of enterprise management.
The first of these I offer is Version 1 of an enterprise calculator.
spreadsheet by [...]
Another in the series which simply links to the websites of Food Processing Companies in Africa. It is hoped that the industry can benefit from a knowledge of who’s doing what – either through the establishment of new businesses or through trading.
Moriba is African based in the materials (bisap, tamirand, cashew, African [...]
This image and text identifies the problem of the mango resource in Mali. It is one of a series of 10 pictures assembled by the BBC describing various aspects of the mango and its contribution to livelihoods in Mali.
from: BBC News (click image to look at the series)
The text reads:
The [...]
This story in the New Vision Online, described this new machine designed and built by Joseph Kavuma of Tonnet Enterprises of Uganda.
from: New Vision (click image for full story online)
….Beans, maize, soya beans, groundnuts, millet, simsim cowpeas and tomatoes can all be treated in the machine before planting.
“The machine [...]
This story on the BBC website is a more popular version of the information I presented on WRAP’s The Food We Waste Report.. This is part of the public relations effort in Britain to address food waste.
from: BBC News (click image for full story online)
So one million tubs or bottles [...]
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