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Processing for prosperity - second edition

Year of publication 2011

Author Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industries Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Small-scale food processing can create diversified incomes and employment for farmers in rural villages. Processing brings many different benefits to communities: it allows foods to be preserved and stored as a reserve against times of shortage; it helps to avoid the effects of lowered prices when seasonal gluts occur at harvest time; it creates special foods for cultural or religious occasions, thus reinforcing social and cultural identity; and it enables farmers to add value to crops and anima l products that diversify and increase sources of income. The booklet is focused on promoting processing enterprises as a successful diversification enterprise for small-scale farmers. It is intended for advisers, government officials, community leaders and development agency staff, who work with small-scale farmers in low- and middle-income countries.

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