Fruits are an essential part of human diet due to their wealth of vitamins. However, they are highly perishable and seasonal in nature. It is thus necessary to process them into different products to add value and increase shelf life. Processing is done at different levels from cottage to large scale industries as one way of increasing farmers earnings from fruits. The government has over the years trained and supported farmers groups in this field. These enterprises are mainly group based at cottage level. The civil society organizations have also supported farmers with equipments for...
Fruits are an essential part of human diet due to their wealth of vitamins. However, they are highly perishable and seasonal in nature. It is thus nec...