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  • From: rrandall1 <rrandall1@houston.rr.com>
  • To: pci@permaculture-inst.org, permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] permaculture Digest, Food Preservation in Tropics
  • Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 12:43:53 -0600

Scott

The most common methods I observed in the tropical villages I lived in in Northern Nigeria and the Southern Philippines was drying. In dry Sahel, dates were dried. In humid Philippines, fish was salted and or smoked and dried on the roof.

The other main strategy is just to have a wide diversity of food stuffs. In island Philippines, when a typhoon kept the fishing down and made buying food impossible, people went to yuca (tapioca) root, banana flowers, or mollusks.

Bob Randall
On Dec 13, 2006, at 11:29 AM, Scott Pittman wrote:

I am looking for any information on food preservation in tropics. This is in an area with no cash economy so zip lock bags for dehydrated food is out, canning jars is out, or any other preservation method that requires going to the store and buying something.

Long term food preservation is critical in most of the world and in the Tropics it is a challenge because of the high humidity and such rampant fungal and bacterial activity. In the villages where I am working in Africa the lack of storage technology means that one night of elephant or monkey rampaging in the garden means hunger the next day. In this kind of food insecurity it is difficult to think beyond today or to plan a way out of survival mode into some place of semi comfort.

I am also looking for any contacts in Greece??

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Scott Pittman
Permaculture Institute
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