Offers guidance on the selection of appropriate equipment for small businesses, with case studies and technical information about each type of machine. For field workers training for food processing projects, and their trainers, and the non-specialist.


INTRODUCTION ix
1 Raw materials from which oil can be extracted 1
2 Traditional methods of oil extraction 2
Oil-seed processing
Nuts
Mesocarps
Women and oil extraction technologies
3 Improved technologies
Pre-processing methods and devices
Oil extraction devices
Refining
Systems for oil processing
4 Case studies
Oil expellers
Oil plate presses
Alternative energy sources
Technology change to meet women's choice
Summary
5 Planning a project or enterprise
First questions
Background questions
Effect of improved technology on traditional processing industry
6 Pre-processing and extraction equipment: facts and figures
Pre-processing
Expellers
Ghanis
Screw presses
Hydraulic presses
REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
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