1. 01/01/2004 Food preperation and processing are important to rural communities to ensure their food security to increase variety in peoples diets, and as a means of generating diversified income and employment . 65 pages, tables
  2. Ressource principale 01/01/2001 Often the biggest challenge faced by a tropical farmer is not in the production of a crop but rather in the preservation of the crop. Farmers may want to preserve a crop for future consumption or for sale at a time when the market will offer a higher price. Using a solar dehydrator is a simple,...
  3. 06/09/2013 Small-scale food processing is important worldwide. For individual processors, it is highly accessible as a start-up business, especially for women; farmers and fishermen can readily diversify into processing to increase their incomes; and high added-value enables processors to earn an income...
  4. 26/04/2019 DansEDN 142,nous avons fait le lien avec plusieurs documents de Feed the Future, produits avec le soutien de l'USAID pour le projet RAMA-BC (Resilient Agricultural Markets Activity— Beira Corridor, en français «activité des marchés agricoles résilients — corridor de Beira»). Un autre document un...
  5. ATTRA is a program developed and managed by the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT). The majority of funding for ATTRA is through a cooperative agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Business-Cooperative Service. We are also partially funded through sales...
  6. Effective management during the postharvest period, rather than the level of sophistication of any given technology, is the key in reaching the desired objectives. While large scale operations may benefit from investing in costly handling machinery and high-tech postharvest treatments, often...
  7. Ressource principale 01/12/1994 Focuses on the processing of four cereals - maize (or corn), rice, sorghum, and wheat. A useful guide for those intending to set up a cereal-processing enterprise. Topics include harvesting, threshing, storage, milling, hulling, baking and fermenting. (Food cycle Technology Source Books)
  8. Ressource principale 01/09/1993 Offers guidance on the selection of appropriate equipment for small businesses, with case studies and technical information about each type of machine. For field workers training for food processing projects, and their trainers, and the non-specialist.
  9. Ressource principale 01/12/1993 Offers the non-specialist an insight into the ranges of methods and equipment available for preserving products, increasing the quality and range of foodstuffs and indicating where the hazards are when setting up a small food processing concern.
  10. Ressource principale 01/01/1994 This book looks at milk processing, traditional methods and products, improving milk processing technologies, socio-economic considers and includes case studies.