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Tony Marjoram On The Application of Appropriate Technology To Food Processing (Including Cooking) .
Tony Marjoram On The Application of Appropriate Technology To Food Processing (Including Cooking) .
sponsored by:
Victoria University and the Universidade Nacional Timor Loro Sae, Dili
July 2013
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Background
Engineering/technology/innovation
underpins social and economic development
Vital in poverty reduction, sustainable development, climate change
Vital for infrastructure, industry, employment, quality of life, eg:
water supply, sanitation, housing, transportation, communication,
food production, processing, preservation
Food and nutrition talk about:
Food processing/preservation technologies, marketing, livelihoods
Areas of need, surveys of need,
Possible projects, need for appropriate policy
Role of institutions/organisations:
Government, universities, NGOs, private sector (esp SMEs)
ATA (Timor activity), Practical Action/ITDG, Appropedia
Conclude with possible activities in Timor
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Food processing/preservation technologies
Solar cookers
parabolic reflectors
Biogas
stoves
Solar driers:
eg for bananas
Smokers:
eg for fish
presses, expellers:
Eg oilseed, coconut oil
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Other food processing/preservation technologies
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Activities/Projects
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Information, Advocacy and Policy
Need for information on need for, design and use of improved food
processing and preservation technologies
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USP leaflets on cooking stoves
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USP leaflets on inst cooking stove and charcoal
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Capacity building education and training
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Suggestions for Actions/Recommendations
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