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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 [...]

Poor Postharvest Practices Waste 15 000 tons of Maize in Kenya

In a time when severe food shortages are threatening sub saharan Africa, this is a read desperate story.

 

from: IRIN News (click image for full story online)

 

Some 300 000 bags of aflatoxin contaminated maize are expected to be bought from farmers in Kenya. This is necessary to protect consumers from the [...]

The Beesness of Honey

This is a nice article on honey in rural Kenya.

 

from: AFRIGADGET (click image for full story online)

 

Of particular interest is the fact that the traditional hive, with some of its disadvantages is widely used because of the high cost (US$ 100) of commercial hives. Also that honey separation is done [...]

Coast Coconut Farms – African Food Processor

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.

Coast Coconut producers a “virgin” coconut oil by using small scale [...]