I’ve always taken the arguments about cereals “compacting” in the retail chain as the reason for boxes with large ullages with a large pinches of salt. Just like the thick separating sheets that mean you get fewer layers of chocolates in a box and the false bottoms I believe its an attempt to make the [...]
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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 [...] click image to visit site or download calendar. Here is a nice note and flow diagram that guides the user in things they should consider when choosing a packaging system.
from: Food Science Central (click image for full story online)
Its only coincidence that this comes after I start posting about drying! What caught my eye was the high value add obtained for this product which is after all widely available in tropical africa in a somewhat less attractive format.
from: Food Processing (click image for full story online)
The product is [...] Packaging is very often a major problem in small and medium scale processing in Africa – poorly packaged products will seldom compete with well designed imports. This document is another one from the West Africa Trade Hub, a really good resource especially for businesses in West Africa. On the other hand much of the information [...] This document which is readable online and downloadable in pdf format is another quality document that outlines a small business opportunity.
from: Practical Action (click image for full story online)
The headings of the document are: Introduction Correct harvesting time Cleaning Drying Drying during the dry season Drying during the wet season [...] For a really detailed and technologically strong document on the production of all kinds of juice there is nothing to beat this free publication on the FAO site.
from: FAO (click image for full story online)
This is an immensely informative book that covers all technologies from the simplest hand [...] |
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