Adding Value to Crop Produce

Syllabus tag: Kenya CBC | Grade 7 Agriculture and Nutrition | Strand 4.0 Production Techniques | Sub-Strand 4.3 Adding Value to Crop Produce (8 lessons)

Lesson objectives

By the end of this topic, you will be able to:

• Explain ways of adding value to crop produce
• Add value to a selected crop produce
• Appreciate the importance of value addition on crop produce

Summary

Raw crop produce, sold or used exactly as harvested, often has less value than the same produce after some further processing. This topic covers value addition -- specifically drying and frying -- applied to crops such as potatoes, cassava, groundnuts, simsim, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin.