The feasibility of small-scale indigenous fruit processing enterprises in Southern Africa

Indigenous Fruit Trees in the Tropics: Domestication, Utillization and Commercialization

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 273-287

  Jordaan, D ^a   Akinnifesi, Festus K ^b   Ham, C ^c   Ajayi, O C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957135116     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

References (15)

1. Akinnifesi, F.K., Kwesiga, F., Mhango, J., Mkonda, A., Chilanga, T. and Swai, R. (2004) Domesticating priority miombo indigenous fruit trees as a promising livelihood option for smallholder farmers in southern Africa. Actae Horticulturae 632, 15-31.
2. Akinnifesi, F.K., Kwesiga, F., Mhango, J., Chilanga, T., Mkonda, A., Kadu, C.A.C., Kadzere, I., Mithofer, D., Saka, J.D.K., Sileshi, G., Dhliwayo, P. and Swai, R. (2006). Towards developing the miombo indigenous fruit trees as commercial tree crops in southern Africa. Forests, Trees and Livelihoods 16, 103-121.
3. Blair Commission Report (2005) Our Common Interest: Report of the Commission for Africa: Part 11. 450 pp.
4. Chandrasekharan, C., (1995) Terminology, definition and classification of forest products other than wood. In: Report of the International Expert Consultation on Non- Wood Forest Products. Non-Wood Forest Products No. 3. FAO, Rome, pp. 345-380.
5. Doyer, O.T. and Vermeulen, H. (2000) Exploring new opportunities in the agribusiness industry: An approach framework for feasibility studies and business plans. Unpublished, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Pretoria.
6. FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization) (2002) The State of Food Insecurity in the World. FAO, Rome, 36 pp.
7. Ham, C., and Akinnifesi, F.K. (2006) Priority fruit species and products for tree domestication and commercialization in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and Tanzania. IK Notes No. 94. The World Bank, Washington, DC, 5 pp.
8. Lecup, I., and Nicholson, K. (2000) Communitybased Tree and Forest Product Enterprises: Market Analysis and Development. FAO Publication and Multimedia Service, Rome.
9. Mithöfer, D. (2005) Economics of indigenous fruit tree crops in Zimbabwe. PhD thesis, Department of Economics and Business Administration, University of Hannover, Germany.
10. Mithöfer, D., Waibel, H. and Akinnifesi, F.K. (2006) The role of food from natural resources in reducing vulnerability to poverty: a case study from Zimbabwe. Paper presented to the 26th Conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), 12-18 August 2006, Queensland, Australia.
11. Ngqangweni, S. (1999) Rural Growth Linkages in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, MSSD Discussion Paper No. 33, Markets and Structural Studies Division, International Food Policy Research Institute.
12. Ramadhani, T. (2002) Marketing of indigenous fruits in Zimbabwe. Socio-economic Studies on Rural Development, V 129. PhD thesis, Hannover University, Germany, 212 pp.
13. Saka, J.D.K., Mwendo-Phiri, E. and Akinnifesi, F.K. (2002) Community processing and nutritive value of some miombo indigenous fruits in central and southern Malawi. In: Kwesiga, F., Ayuk, E. and Agumya, A. (eds) Proceedings of the 14th Southern African Regional Review and Planning Workshop, 3-7 September 2001, Harare, Zimbabwe. International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, Nairobi, pp. 164-169.
14. Speciality Foods of Africa (2005) Herbal Tea [see http://www.tulimara.co.zw/index.cfm? pg_id=2 Accessed: 22 February 2006].
15. Taylor, D. (1999) Requisites for thriving rural non-wood forest products enterprises. Unasylva 50(198), 3-8.