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Fruit products for profit

Fruit products for profit
Fruit products for profit
Book targeted at extension workers primarily in developing countries to provide information on how to support farmers in integrating fruit trees in their livelihoods portfolio.

Growing fruit as an enterprise requires only a very small plot of land, commonly a home garden, some labour and minimal capital. The fruit enterprise can provide a plethora of products: fresh fruit, jams, juices, chutneys and pickles. By-products can be used for fermented products such as fruit wines, fruit waste can be used for animal feed, while fruit seeds and nuts can be pressed for oil. Fruit provides a number of benefits, with important nutritional elements that contribute to improve diets, help support family food security and are an important source of income when sold fresh and/or processed. Fruit trees provide also numerous benefits to the natural environment and to the sustainability of other farm-based livelihood enterprises. Encouraging and promoting fruit trees as a viable enterprise to small-scale farmers can only but enhance livelihoods. It is hoped that policy-makers and development personnel recognize the numerous opportunities that producing and marketing fruit can bring to small-scale farmers
978-92-5-107069-7
1810-0775
16
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Clarke, Catherine
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Schreckenberg, Kathrin
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Clarke, Catherine, Schreckenberg, Kathrin and Haq, Nazmul (2011) Fruit products for profit (FAO Diversification Booklet, 16), Rome, IT. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 82pp.

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Book targeted at extension workers primarily in developing countries to provide information on how to support farmers in integrating fruit trees in their livelihoods portfolio.

Growing fruit as an enterprise requires only a very small plot of land, commonly a home garden, some labour and minimal capital. The fruit enterprise can provide a plethora of products: fresh fruit, jams, juices, chutneys and pickles. By-products can be used for fermented products such as fruit wines, fruit waste can be used for animal feed, while fruit seeds and nuts can be pressed for oil. Fruit provides a number of benefits, with important nutritional elements that contribute to improve diets, help support family food security and are an important source of income when sold fresh and/or processed. Fruit trees provide also numerous benefits to the natural environment and to the sustainability of other farm-based livelihood enterprises. Encouraging and promoting fruit trees as a viable enterprise to small-scale farmers can only but enhance livelihoods. It is hoped that policy-makers and development personnel recognize the numerous opportunities that producing and marketing fruit can bring to small-scale farmers

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Published date: 2011
Organisations: Centre for Environmental Science

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Local EPrints ID: 372739
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/372739
ISBN: 978-92-5-107069-7
ISSN: 1810-0775
PURE UUID: 55186cba-1081-424b-a02d-db92ff73d275

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Date deposited: 19 Dec 2014 13:49
Last modified: 22 Jul 2022 19:14

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Author: Catherine Clarke
Author: Kathrin Schreckenberg
Author: Nazmul Haq

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