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Ugandan Study Of The Effect of Drying on Nutritional Content of Vegetables

This study in the African Journal of Nutrition, Agriculture and Development (AJFAND), clearly shows, as would be expected, the loss in Vitamin A and C was the highest, while the crude protein content measured by a Kjeldahl method fell more than the minerals and fibre which one would not expect to be directly effected by [...]

Free Online Information – Before You Start Solar Drying

If you search the blog you will see that drying is the frequent subject of posts. This is because it is an effective and simple preservation technology that can (depending on the process used) be implemented with little or no capital investment.

Given the dual problem of food shortages and soaring energy costs, it seems [...]

Ugandan Seed Treatment Equipment

This story in the New Vision Online, described this new machine designed and built by Joseph Kavuma of Tonnet Enterprises of Uganda.

from: New Vision (click image for full story online)

 

….Beans, maize, soya beans, groundnuts, millet, simsim cowpeas and tomatoes can all be treated in the machine before planting.

“The machine [...]

Ugandan Dairy Developments

The market for farmers supplying fresh milk to the Sameer Agriculture and Livestock Limited’s (SALL) has increased from 50 to 120 thousand litres in the past 18 months and is expected to reach 300 thousand litres in 6 months.

from: Ugandan Independent (click image for full story online)

 

Sameer is a joint [...]