This is a good document from the South African Department of Agriculture with a lot of local and international data.
from: S A Department of Agriculture (click image for full story online)
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 This document, from US Agriculture, is a review of dehydration at a somewhat higher technology level than is often the case on this blog. The technologies described include batch cabinet dryer, spray dryer and even the freeze dryer. The article also covers business, marketing and regulatory issues and has many link, unfortunately to mainly [...] This is a comprehensive and up to date view of the energy drink market in the USA. Although possible somewhat remote for an African food processor it provides interesting information and also illustrates the level of information required for serious attempts at entering this competitive market. from: Wiley (click image for full story online) [...] This is a nice “lifecycle Study” from the Worldwatch Institute that provides a bit of history, some process and market information aswell as an environmentalist’s view on issues for chocolate bars (what the American’s call candy bars).
from: Worldwatch Institute (click image for full story online)
Just 5 or 600 words long these [...] This book by Andrew Shepherd is available via http://bit.ly/FBRDH3.
from: FAO (click image for full story online)
This review was originally published in Food Processing Africa. This 100 page plus manual, published by the Food and Agricultural Organisation, presents a simple and logical look at how a small agroprocessor should go about [...]
from: Foodstuff SA (click image for full story online)
This story gives very encouraging data for the growth of the almond market. Caution is necessary because this situation could already have resulted in increased planting. A good overview of how the total number of trees is changing with old trees being removed and new trees being planted.
from: flickr (click image to [...] The movement in the Organic food market is important to Africa is we do intend increasing the use of Organic as a selling point, but also because it is an indicator of how people in Europe are going to react to increasing food prices. Tesco, the UK chain, decreased it’s prices in August 2008 by [...] 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 [...] Kiwi Fruit production continues to grow in response to the demand for high content of polyphenols, vitamins C and E, and folate.
from: Food Navigator (click image for full story online)
For example Italy remains the worlds largest producer having achieved a 9.1 per cent volume growth, creating a market worth [...] |
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