Table of Contents

Who can be an entrepreneur?; selecting a food product - start with the customer, competitors, a note about new products; the need for a business plan; planning for production - sales and marketing, technical requirements, legal considerations, finance, preparing a business plan; setting up and operating the business - registration and certificates, premises and production facilities, packaging and promotion, supplies, internal organization and staff training, quality assurance, distribution and selling, record keeping, taxation. Appendices: checklist of entrepreneurial characteristics; how to write the business plan, sample business plans.

About the Author

Dr Peter Fellows is a consultant food technologist specializing in small-scale food processing. Previously he taught food technology at Oxford Brookes University, worked for Practical Action, and has held the UNESCO Chair in Post-Harvest Technology at Makerere University, Uganda. He has practical experience of assisting small-scale food processors in 20 countries and has published 33 books and 40 articles on food processing.