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Preserve your own food

Promoting healthy eating through home food processing and preservation

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 40 p.

Author Naika, A.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This booklet is a practical manual presenting the simple techniques used to preserve starchy staples, dark leafy green vegetables, fruits and vegetables in Fiji. The first half of the booklet provides a general introduction to the basic principles of food preservation and spoilage. Methods of preservation are then defined, and the main points of spoilage specific to the method are covered. The other half introduces solar drying technique for the processing of local starchy staples and dark green leafy vegetables into flour and leafy green powder. The booklet describes the solar drying techniques as practically as possible, including descriptions of the required materials and techniques.

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Naika, A. 2020. Preserve your own food. Promoting healthy eating through home food processing and preservation. FAO. Rome

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