Simple things you can do to add value to your produce.

                  Simple things you can do to add value to your produce.


Value addition is key to increased profits in agribusiness.This is true irrespective of any farm prroduce, as all farm produce can be processed into more than one product for the benefit of the consumers.

Tomatoes is a major produce with many potential for value addition. Adding value to tomatoes is not only profitable but it prevents wastes and promotes healthy living .

 Value addition not only helps farmers weather the storm of oversupply, it also helps them fetch better prices for the same produce. Value addition or processing will also help you make use of certain post-harvest things to create wealth. .


   Here are some of the value addition ideas you could add to your produce:

 1)Homemade peanut butter: One of the most instantly identifiable value additions to groundnut is  be homemade peanut butter.
  Homemade peanut butter  has quickly become a staple in most households,giving the  commercial brands competition. It is well-liked because of its consistency, pocket friendliness and best of all it is preservable.   To the farmer, it is a way of making the most out of a peanut harvest, while reducing wastage. A  farmer or processor  can make more out of a kilo of peanuts, if turned it into peanut butter . The market is also readily available, hence the instant appeal.

 2) Crisps/chips/flakes  Most potato, cassava, and banana farmers are always contending with what to do with their extra produce, in times of oversupply.

  This is especially true of banana and potato farmers, whose produce is likely to go bad if it is not sold or consumed soon after harvest. The best way to overcome this is to turn them into chips. Chips have a higher shelf-life, extending the longevity of the produce by about 2 to 4 months.Farmers can use of solar driers to turn their excess produce into banana crisps.

They can even process further by  adding varieties of pepper  and pepper-mix to make them spicy. This not only enables them to make more money from the bananas, it also reduces wastage considerably.

3)Tomatoes : curbing waste to generate wealth.