Traditional Fermented Food and Beverages for Improved Livelihoods
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 79
ISBN-13: 9789251070741
Description: "This booklet is intended to heighten awareness about the potential of fermented foods and beverages as a viable enterprise that can contribute to small-scale farmers' income, building on, and in full respect of, important social and cultural factors. It also looks at how fermented food and beverages contribute to food security through preservation and improved nutritional quality. It highlights the opportunities and challenges associated with small-scale fermentation activities, as well as more formal operations on farm, and different marketing and selling strategies to achieve a successful livelihood diversification option.