The Complete Manual of Small-Scale Food Processing

Product Description
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 from relatively small scales of production. For policy makers: small-scale food processing can create employment, increase food security and improve nutritional standards.Written by an experienced food technologist and author, this book provides comprehensive technical and business information on all aspects of small-scale food processing in a single text. From how to assess the market, to primary and secondary processing, packaging, managing food safety, and finances, the book covers all the technical details and up-to-date information needed by a food processor. It is written in simple language suitable for the non-specialist and also for people who have English as a second language.
Review
‘This book is truly a “complete manual of small-scale food processing”. What makes it unique is that it is based on several case studies from all around the world. It has worked for many such small-scale food processors and will continue to work for others. This is a MUST read. Peggy Oti-Boateng (PhD), Senior Programme Specialist for Science and Technology, UNESCO Office in Nairobi, KENYA.
About the Author
Dr Peter Fellows is a consultant food technologist specializing in small-scale food processing. Previously he taught food technology at Oxford Brookes University, worked for Practical Action, and has held the UNESCO Chair in Post-Harvest Technology at Makerere University, Uganda. He has practical experience of assisting small-scale food processors in 20 countries and has published 33 books and 40 articles on food processing.