Recycling of Organic Waste

This fact sheet outlines the main methods of putting organic waste to good use.

Fruit Juice Processing

This brief looks at juice extraction, preparation, pasteurisation, bottling, quality control, and equipment suppliers.

Oil Extraction

Small scale oil extraction from nuts, seeds and fruits, can be used for eating, cosmetics and detergents. It can be a good source of income, once the equipment is invested in up front.

Pineapple Jam

A guide to making pineapple jam.

Banana Beer

Banana beer is made from bananas, mixed with a cereal flour (often sorghum flour) and fermented to make an alcoholic beverage.

The Donkey Cart

Dimensions for The Donkey Cart are provided in this engineering drawing.

Quality Control in Food Processing

An essential component of any food processing business, quality control protects customers and business whilst ensuring food law compliance.

Passion Fruit Cultivation

Passion fruit is a rustic, adaptable crop used in foodstuffs and medicine at both small and industrial scales.

Negotiating the Seed Treaty

Stuart Coupe, Roger Lewins

The International Seed Treaty came into force in 2004 was the culmination of over 20 years of negotiation. The need for a treaty arose out of a growing awareness that crucial plant genetic resources are being irretrievably lost. This book describes the complex process by which a wide range of partie...

Reconstructing Agriculture in Afghanistan

Jacky Sutton, Adam Pain

The book raises critical questions relating to both humanitarian intervention and development agendas in crisis states. It supports a growing literature that interrogates past and present interventions, but does so by putting food security at the heart of both short- and long-term responses to crisi...