Pickled Papaya
Practical Action
Gurdeep Packaging Machines
Harichand Mill compound
LBS Marg, Vikhroli
Mumbai 400 079
India
Tel: +91 22 2578 3521/577 5846/579 5982
Fax: +91 22 2577 2846
John Kojo Arthur
University of Science and Technology
Kumasi
Ghana
Eastend Engineering Company
India (See above)
Narangs Corporation
India (see above)
Refractometers and pH meters
The refractometer is used to measure the sugar content. A pH meter is used to measure the
acidity.
Bellingham + Stanley Ltd.
Longfield Road, North Farm Industrial Estate
Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 3EY
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1892 500400
Fax: +44 1892 543115
E-mail: sales@bs-ltd.com
Website: http://www.bs-ltd.com
International Ripening Company
1185 Pnieridge Road
Norfoplk
Virginia 23502-2095
USA
Tel: +1 757 855 3094
Fax: +1 757 855 4155
Email: info@QAsupplies.com
Web: www.qasupplies.com
Fisher Scientific UK Ltd
UK (see above)
Gardners Corporation
India (see above)
References and further reading
Traditional Foods: Processing for Profit by P. Fellows, Practical Action Publishing, 1997
Fermented Fruit and Vegetables: A Global Perspective by M. Battcock & S. Azam Ali FAO, 1998
Pickles and vinegars a selection of Practical Action Technical Briefs
Preservation of Fruit and Vegetables: Agrodok 3, Agromisa 1997
Pickles of Bangladesh S Azami & M Battcock, Practical Action Publishing, 1996
Useful organisations and contacts
Agromisa
Postbus 41
6700 AA Wageningen
Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0)317 412217
Fax: +31 (0)317 419178
E-mail: agromisa@wxs.nl
Web: http://www.agromisa
Agromisa is a Dutch non-profit organisation
affiliated with the Agricultural University of
Wageningen in the Netherlands. Agromisa
provides information and advice on small-
scale sustainable agriculture and related
topics in order to support and strengthen self-
reliance of the rural populations in the South.
Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations
Viale Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome
Italy
http://www.fao.org/
Information network on post harvest
operations (INPhO). Website on post
harvest information includes a virtual
library, post harvest compendium and
decision support tools to assist
entrepreneurs in establishing agro
enterprises
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