Value from village processing - second edition
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Primary crop processing can create diversified incomes and employment for farmers in rural villages. Processing brings many different benefits to communities: it allows foods to be preserved and stored as a reserve against times of shortage; it helps to avoid the effects of lowered prices when seasonal gluts occur at harvest time; and it enables farmers to add value to crops that diversify and increase sources of income. The booklet is intended to create awareness among advisers, government officials, community leaders and development agency staff; on the opportunities and benefits that primary processing can bring to small-scale farmers. The booklet addresses the actions that can be taken by policy-makers and programme managers in government and non-governmental organizations to create enabling environments for smallholder farmers to diversify into primary processing.