Small-scale spice processing
Practical Action
Contacts
The following contacts should be able to provide further information:
Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI)
Darbari Seth Block
IHC Complex, Lodhi Road
New Delhi, India
Tel: +91 11 2468 2100/ 4150 4900
Fax: +91 11 2468 2144/ 2468 2145
E-mail: mailbox@teri.res.in
Website: www.teriin.org/tech_cardamom.php
Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR)
Marikunnu PO, Calicut
Kerala
India 673012
Tel: +91 495 2731346
+91 495 2730294
E-mail: parthasarathy@iisr.org; rdinesh@iisr.org
Website: www.iisr.org/package/index.php?spice=Cardamom&body=Overview
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay
Powai
Mumbai 400076
India
Tel: +91 22 2572 2545
Fax: +91 22 2572 3480
Website: www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/webnew/
References and further reading
Practical Action Technical Briefs:
Drying of Foods Practical Action Technical Brief
Food Labelling Practical Action Technical Brief
Drying selection of Practical Action Technical Briefs
Herbs and Spices selection of Practical Action Technical Briefs
Drying UNIFEM Practical Action Publishing 1995
Processing of Black Pepper, Practical Action Food Chain No. 3
Spice Plants, M. Borget, 1993, CTA/MacMillan
Ground and Packaged Spices: Options and Difficulties in Processing at Origin. Marketing Series
7, NRI, 1993
Quality assurance for small-scale rural food industries. Chapter 2.4 Herb and spice products.
FAO agricultural services bulletin 117, 1995.
Try Drying It! Case Studies in the Dissemination of Tray Drying Technology, B Axtell,Practical
Action Publishing 1991
Producing Solar Dried Fruit and Vegetables for Micro and Small scale Rural Enterprise
Development, A Series of Practical Guides' written by the Natural Resources Institute.
Setting up a food drying business P Thuillier, Practical Action Publishing, 2002
Drying Food for Profit B Axtell, Practical Action Publishing, 2002
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