Food processing and agro business productivity challenge: The case of water melon in Nigeria
- Country : Nigeria
- Subject : Home Economics
Keywords : food processing, challenge, water melon, Agribusiness
Abstract
Food processing industries in Nigeria are characterised with local –local market situation with fruits and vegetable, water melon being critical. Watermelon is a local diet fruit cultivated mostly around the northern belt of Nigeria and have chains of labourer who depends on its, its chains of transportation, loading and offloading, retailing for sustainable livelihood, with little price tagged compared to imported fruits juice ’’chivitaâ€.This paper foresighted institutional failure, private food industry, public health, consumer protection and education as keys to unlocked water melon processing and Agri-business potential either in using plastic or steel in processing operation. The paper attributed lack of processing potential of water melon to institution and institutional bodies of food science and technology, food and nutrition, its curriculum reform, lack of industrial entrepreneurship and market reform on fruits and vegetables.
Comments
No have any comment !