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 This paper published in African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND) reaveals the simple constraints which seem to apply to much of food distribution in Africa. from: AJFAND (click image for full story online) The paper addressed the socioeconomic importance of indigenous vegetables, the potential for leafy green vegetables in Cameroon and [...] This 96 page manual focusses on lesser know fruits – so much so that I in fact have tasted none of them! The fruits covered are amla, bael, ber, jackfruits,lapsi, persimmon, sugar apple and tamirand. from: FAO INPhO (click to download free manual) It is divided into four sections. a short section covering measures [...] Here is another document from the Ethiopian Business Development Network – the manual on Marketing Strategies For Micro and Small Enterprises in Ethiopia was published in Addis Ababa in February 2004. from: EBDSN (click image for full story online) The 65 page manual starts with a review of the problems faced by the sector, [...] The site of the Ethiopian Business Development Services Network will be of great value to Ethiopian businesses, but also contains some information that would be of interest to any entrepreneur considering a food processing business. In particular it has a detailed section on costing with a focus on fixed and variable costs, price setting [...] While it is true that the food quality requirements that will apply to your business are a function of your consumer and the local regulations, this manual written for Romania within the context of the EU market, offers a very useful view of food hygiene and safety for small processors. from: Fundatia-Adept (click image for [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] This is so simple but so powerful its sad its taken so long to happen and is the exception rather than the practice.
from: World Food Programme (click image for full story online)
For years we have known and seen in reports and comments lately that the food aid is as much a [...] I remember some years ago when functional foods was one of the focuses of research at the CSIR Food Processing programme because it was an agreed on major trend in the Food Industry. At the CSIR it was difficult to find the food processors roll, it being more a discovery and testing focus. This lead [...] |
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