GENERAL INTRODUCTION

Agriculture as the mainstay of the economy Fruit and vegetable processing are among the most important objective of fruit and vegetable processing is to supply wholesome, safe, nutritious and acceptable food to consumers throughout the year.

Reasons for setting up the fruit and vegetable processing : diversification of the economy, in order to reduce present dependence on one export commodity; government industrialisation policy; reduction of imports and meeting export demands; develop new value-added products and so on.

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