Drying Food for Profit: A Guide for Small Businesses (Producers Guide) - Softcover

Axtell, Barrie

 
9781853395208: Drying Food for Profit: A Guide for Small Businesses (Producers Guide)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 185339520X ISBN 13: 9781853395208
Publisher: Practical Action Publishing, 2002

Synopsis


This book has been written for existing and prospective entrepreneurs who wish to produce dry foods commercially at small and medium scale. Great effort has been made to use simple language but at the same time to examine all relevant technical aspects.


Prelims (Contents, Acknowledgements, Introduction)

1. Basic principles of food drying; Markets and marketing

2. Small-scale drying technologies

3. Processing common types of foods

4. Planning production

5. Guidelines for the design and construction of small mechanical dryers

Back Matter (Glossary, References and Further Reading, Useful Contacts, Index)

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About the Author

Barrie Axtell worked in the UK food industry for over 10 years, and then joined the British Overseas Development Program. He then spent 4 years in the Eastern Caribbean as an advisor in food processing, followed by 3 years in Guatemala teaching and developing small scale drying systems. In 1981, he joined ITDG to start its agroprocessing program and travelled extensively to developing projects in Asia and Latin America. His particular areas of interest are drying, packaging and fruit processing. After 10 years as Senior Technical Manager with ITDG he became a private consultant providing technical consultancy inputs to agencies such as FAO, ILO, UNIFEM and ITDG.

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Publisher
Practical Action Publishing
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
185339520X
ISBN 13 
9781853395208
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
128