Cereal Processing

Focuses on the processing of four cereals - maize (or corn), rice, sorghum and wheat. A useful guide for those intending to set up a cereal-processing enterprise. Topics include harvesting, threshing, storage, milling, hulling, baking and fermenting.

List of contents

Section 1 Traditional Post-Harvest System: Harvesting. Threshing and winnowing. Drying. Storage. Primary processing methods. Section 2 Improved Processes and Equipment: Harvesting. Threshing. Winnowing. Maize shelling. Drying. Storage. Milling, grinding and hulling. Economic considerations. Section 3 Secondary Processing - Cereal-based Foods. Section 4 Case Studies. Section 5 Planning a Cereal Processing Project/Enterprise. Section 6: Facts and Figures on Equipment.

About the author

UNIFEM was established in 1976, and is an autonomous body associated since 1984 with the United Nations Development Programme. UNIFEM seeks to free women from underproductive tasks and augment the productivity of their work as a means of accelerating the development process

Product details

• Authors: United Nations Development Fund for Women (Unifem)
• Assisted by: Intermediate Technology Publications (Editor), Unifem (Editor), United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) (Editor)
• Publisher: Practical Action Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781853391361
• ISBN: 978-1-85339-136-1
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 175 mm x 239 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 177 g
• Series: Food cycle technology source books; Food Cycle Technology Source B; Food Cycle Technology Source Book; Food Cycle Technology Source Book; Food Cycle Technology Source Books; Food Cycle Technology Source B
• Subjects: Guides > Health > Diet; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics