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Assesment of The Potential For Leafy Green Vegetables in Cameroon.

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 [...]

Sensor Film in Packaging Detects Food Deterioration.

I’ve always been a bit of a disbeliever in relying on sell by dates and quality management system for the food safety of cold chain products. The thing that always worries me is that once the product leaves the factory the manufacturer has no control over how the product is handled. If the refrigerated fish [...]

Partners in Food Solutions – A Real Impact on African Food Processing?

This has much of the makings of a really good initiative. It is a non profit organisation established by General Mills from it’s Corporate Social Responsibility programme.

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It links the technical and business expertise of volunteer employees at General Mills, Cargill and DSM to small and medium-sized mills and [...]

Customised Chewing Gum Packs

Here’s a novel idea for the promotion of a standard chewing gum – allowing your customers to design their own packs producing celebration or company promotion gifts.

from: Wrigley (click image for full story online)

The personalised pack of gum costs $4.99 compared to the standard pack that costs around one dollar.

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Tubs of Oat Porridge – Single Screenshot Series

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Chickens Eat Wheat – Single Screenshot Series

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Coke’s Secret Recipe – Single Screenshot Series

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Marketing Strategies For Micro and Small Enterprises – Free Online Manual Series

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, [...]

Trends of 2010

Here’s another list that claims to list things that made the trends 0f 2010!

from: Food Product Design (click image for full story online)

I am really not sure that there are important trends in the food industry although they are attractive and tempting. I would like to be able to access many [...]

Ethiopian Business Development Services Network

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 [...]