Author : Peter Fellows
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 45,46 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251036549
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Author : N. F. Haard
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 41,67 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251042960
This bulletin reviews the fermentation of cereals to produce alcoholic beverages, vinegar, breads and porridges in the various regions of the world. It documents information on traditional fermentation technologies, and on potential areas for the development and improvement of small-scale food fermentations in the developing world.
Author : P. Golob
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 34,31 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251042946
Opinion now favours a shift away from reliance on conventional insecticides towards the use of more natural, sustainable methods of protecting stored foods from insect damage. This bulletin considers alternative materials applicable for use as food storage protectants, concentrating particularly on plants which have found other uses as food spices or in medical applications. Over 100 plant species are described in detail with photographs. There is also a brief update on current research on the use of plant materials as storage protectants.
Author : J. D. Tracey-White
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 19,68 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251043912
This is the third manual on market infrastructure; it highlights the need for improved planning and decision-making to ensure successful market investments. The guide identifies the key steps in deciding on whether and how to invest in market infrastructure and highlights the steps to be taken to determine the size, location and operations of markets. The guide will be of interest to economists and planners in ministries of agriculture and of urban development as well as city and local authorities. Development practitioners will also find the guide of interest.
Author : Michael Gudger
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 47,73 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789251041734
The problem of collateral is a daily issue for lenders and causes much debate in the development finance community. Given the difficulties experienced in arranging traditional forms of loan security, such as land or chattel mortgages, various collateral substitutes have been proposed. Among the substitutes for traditional collateral is the loan guarantee. Guarantee systems for loans have been proposed, planned and implemented in various countries. The assumption made by proponents of such a service is that the guarantee organization is either better informed about the risk of the loan than the lender or it is better structured financially to be able to manage the risk. Despite the apparent attractiveness of a loan guarantee, the empirical evidence available gives little encouragement. Nevertheless, interest in guarantees continues.
Author : Charles Eaton
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 49,39 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251045930
Interest in contract farming is growing, especially in countries that previously had a central planning policy. The purpose of this guide is to provide advice to existing contract farming companies on how they can improve their operations and to those thinking of starting such companies on the preconditions of success.
Author : Jonathan Coulter
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 37,36 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251037034
Since the liberalization of agricultural marketing systems, private traders frequently do not have ready access to finance for purchasing and storing the produce. Inventory credit is a solution to this problem. Drawing on case studies this paper examines the requirements for inventory credit.
Author : J. D. Tracey-White
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 31,26 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251031070
Wholesale marketing systems for fruit, vegetables and other fresh foodstuffs, such as livestock and fish, are often inadequate. They neither maximize benefits to producers, nor to consumers. This manual has been compiled to provide a systematic methodology based on the sequence of steps normally adopted in the development process. The manual should be of practical value, both to senior professionals and to technicians, in undertaking marketing and engineering surveys, in the preparation of feasibility studies and master plans, and in formulating proposals for the provision of physical facilities.
Author : Michael John Westlake
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 48,28 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251054154
One of the main objectives of the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) negotiated under the Uruguay Round is to improve the access of developing countries to foreign markets. Constraints in the domestic supply chains of many countries, along with weak marketing support and trade facilitation services, have prevented them, however, from exploiting the opportunities provided by the AoA and by other agreements to improve market access. The aim of this guide is to inform policy analysts on issues that should be considered while developing policies and measures to break the main processing and marketing constraints that prevent their countries from fully exploiting their agrifood export potential.
Author : Andrew Shepherd
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 38,55 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 9789251039649
