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D-agro-processing Dictionary

Agro-processing

Turning farm produce into processed food, fibre or other products

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Plain meaning
Turning farm produce into processed food, fibre or other products
How to use it
Start small processing only where raw supply, power and a buyer for the processed product are secure.
South African benchmark
South African soya crushing, potato processing (about 17% of the crop) and fruit canning are worked examples in Articles 8, 45 and 29.
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
C8 Lesson 8.3
Calculate it
T-M16-02 Processing Margin
Library sources
LIB-A148
See also
Value-add, Capacity utilisation
Value-add steps from raw crop to packed product with rising valueValue-add: each step multiplies what the crop is worthx 1.0Raw cropx 1.3Cleaned and gradedx 2.0Processedx 3.0Packed and brandedIllustrative multipliers: each step also adds cost, skills and equipment.
From Module 8, Value-Add and Processing, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in C8 Value-Add and Processing.