1. 20/07/2002 The three main objectives of applying postharvest technology to harvested fruits and vegetables are: to maintain quality (appearance, texture, flavor and nutritive value) to protect food safety, and to reduce losses between harvest and consumption. Effective management during the postharvest...
  2. 20/01/2008 If you are interested in starting up a business, food processing offers an excellent opportunity to generate income using locally available resources. Focusing on the establishment of such a business using fruits and vegetables, this detailed and informative manual covers topics such as: products...
  3. 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,...
  4. Le pois-sabre est une excellente plante pour enrichir le sol, car il pousse dans des conditions très difficiles. Cependant, les graines contiennent des toxines qui les rendent normalement impropres à la consommation humaine. Ce document explique comment faire germer le pois-sabre pour éliminer...
  5. 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
  6. 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...
  7. 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...