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Nutrition, Income and Human Capacity

Nutrition, Income and Human Capacity. TM. from. TM. 4 Halves of the Have-Nots. Subsistence Farming & Food, Rough Statistics for Most African Nations. Conclusion: Most of a farmer’s production from wet season is lost: the lack of preservation technologies creates massive harvest losses.

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Nutrition, Income and Human Capacity

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  1. Nutrition, Income and Human Capacity TM from TM

  2. 4 Halves of the Have-Nots Subsistence Farming & Food, Rough Statistics for Most African Nations • Conclusion: Most of a farmer’s production from wet season is lost: the lack of preservation technologies creates massive harvest losses.

  3. Food Preservation Food comes in a flood and washes through. Reservoir’s mission is to build a dam and hold it back – in areservoir – for consumption later.

  4. Mission

  5. Sustainable Solutions

  6. Distribution Value Chain

  7. Development Tactics

  8. Scale and Culture: Franchising

  9. Introducing Solar Food Dehydrators Reservoir’s 1st Product

  10. About Food Drying • Solar-based food-drying is the oldest ‘processing’ technology • Franchising and NGO partnership to allow rapid scaling • Drives value-add to rural poor (especially women) • Benefits of drying include: • Ease of practice • Straightforward food safety • Culturally familiar • Provides long-term storage with minimal packaging • New opportunities: • Creates new products like tomato flour • Improves nutrition andprovides livelihoods

  11. Training • Hands on technology transfer for dryer operation • Food preservation techniques including use of sugar, acid, and salt • Hygiene • Food safety • Sample recipes • Machine manual • Curriculum • Business and profit • Microfinance loans • Quality standards HUMAN CAPACITY BUILDING

  12. Survey of Dryer Designs

  13. Dehydrator Functional Specs • High solar gain design with absorptive and reflective surfaces • Insulated top and bottom to hold heat • Vent doors allow for heat and air flow management • Big temp shift from inside to outside air • Works on mostly cloudy days& from sunup to sundown • Can reach near boiling temps on sunny days • Pedestal stand allows turning by a single person • Maintained in the village

  14. Dehydrator Production Results

  15. Foods Able to be Dried ApplesToo!

  16. Value-Add Assessment Tomato example Produce $40 per month in value add Dryer cost $300, finance at $20 for 18 months ROI for dryer in 7 months

  17. Food as far as the eye can see… …but hunger persists. It’s time to get practical. It’s time to address root causes with sustainable solutions.

  18. Thank You! www.CheetahDevelopment.org Nutrition, Income & Human Capacity from

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