Over the years I have seen many attempts, and been involved in some myself, where there has been an attempt to introduce vegetable production in resource poor communities. This one – The African Market Garden (AMG) seems to address a number of the problems I saw and refreshingly provides some hard information on costs and [...]
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 There are some interesting podcasts on the BBC Food Programme about very small and this very large dairies. It appears 33 l/day is a good average, so long the cows are milked 3 times a day which links the billion litres a year to 83 000 cows!
photo by Tractorboy60 on Wikimedia [...] I’m a firm believer in people doing best, if they work for themselves rather than accept handouts. I therefore support SMME job creation as one of the tools to removing poverty in rural areas of South Africa. However, many of those in poverty in South Africa need information to support them in starting their own [...] The BBC, well known for the quality of its material, broadcasts the Food Programme on Radio 5 once a week. BBC describe it as “making sense of food, from the kitchen and canteen, to the farm and factory”. (click the image to open website) If you are not aware of podcasts, [...] The figure below is prepared by the National Farmers Union using 2010 data from USDA & NAAS. On average NFU found that the farmer received 20% of the price paid by the consumer and are of course promoting the needs of farmers and not really considering the other parts of the chain. What’s [...] I have always thought that FAIRTRADE offered a marketing advantage to the small scale food manufacturer. After all the FAIRTRADE sales in the UK in 2009 were 800 million pounds! Now in the last few days we see 2 very different stories on FAIRTRADE chocolate, in the Australian Foodweek.
(click the image [...] The graph below shows the world sales of LDPs until 2008 and projections for consumption until 2012, that were made in mid 2009 by Tetra Pak. This information is contained in Issue 1 of the Tetra Pak Dairy Index – A biannual news and information source about the dairy industry.
from: Tetra Pak [...] This is a comprehensive publication covering the supporting business and organisational issues as well as focussing on idea generation and screening, product concepts and design specifications & product design and process development. The body of the book is presented in a straight forward and clear manner and is supported by examples and ideas for further [...] Biofuels Digest» – Biofuels DIgest 01 January 2010 14:14 by Jim Lane 10 Biofuels Predictions for 2010: #9, Cellulosic ethanol “happens” In 2010, look for: In the US, ZeaChem’s semi works will , nearing completion at POET’s 25 Mgy project in Iowa, and the opening of Range Fuels’ 20 Mgy facility in Soperton, [...] |
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