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Practical ideas for adding value to food
2005
This edition of Footsteps looks at simple, low-cost ways to add value to food. This includes adding nutritional value through frying foods and adding vegetables, herbs and legumes. It also includes adding value by preserving and processing foods and through careful marketing.
Good storage techniques not only improve the value of food but can also avoid the risk of poor health due to mouldy grains.
Some useful ideas to improve nutrition for both children and adults
New technologies may improve processing, but are not always adopted, especially in rural areas
Effective storage of food helps provide security and nutrition for households. It also enables food to be sold at higher market prices once the harvest period is past
Preserving fruit to enjoy its flavour throughout the year is very important to avoid wastage and increase income
The food laws were given to mark the Israelites as God’s people, but they were good for the people’s health as well
To add the to the nutritional value of a meal, always try to mix the staple food (such as maize, rice, plantain, potato) with some kind of vegetable, beans, meat or nuts as relish
Market research is a key tool for helping small producers to sell their products
The producers have chosen as their slogan 'Ojon ba Dawan yamnika kum sa', which means 'Ojon is a blessing from God'!
Many people have difficulty remembering the schedule for childhood immunisation. This means that children often miss some or all of a series of immunisations that can protect them against polio, hepatitis B, diphtheria, tetanus, and other preventable diseases
In Africa, around 4,000 species of plants have the potential for producing food, with about 1,000 species used as leafy vegetables
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