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Food products that can be produced in the highlands of Zimbabwe

Here is the list of food products that can be manufactured from agriculture based raw materials found in the highlands of Zimbabwe. 

1. Avocado products.



There is huge production of avocado fruits in some parts of manicaland, areas like Chipinge, Chimanimani, Mutare, etc. 

Avocados can be used to manufacture a wide range of products, from perishable to long lasting products. 

♤ Avocado ice cream. 

Avocados can be mixed with a number of ingredients to produce ice cream. As an entrepreneur, you can invest in research for ingredients and recipes to start this business. 

♤ Avocado Oil 

Avocados can be used to produce oils  that have a wide range of use, from backing to cooking. 

♤ Avocado based mayo.

Yes, you can produce mayonnaise from avocados. Mayonnaise can be used to make a potato salad, bake a cake, put it on a burger, etc. 

♤ Avocado snack cups. 

♤ Crunchy Avocado Crips. 

♤ Green Guacamole  cheese. 

♤ Avocado juice. 

2. Banana products. 

Chipinge and Chimanimani areas are well known for supplying a lot of bananas, and there is still a room to grow thousands of hactors through the process of river maintenance and mountain utility. 

Bananas can be used to produce a variety of products with high demand, here is the list of other products that can be produced from bananas. 

♤ Banana flour. 

This flour can be made from green bananas. You know there is huge demand of flour for backing in Africa. 

♤ Banana drink

♤ Banana wine

♤ Banana vinegar 

♤ Banana sauce

♤ Banana jam.

There is a lot of products that can be produced from bananas. As an entrepreneur, you can invest in production of any one of these products, for raw material supply, you can easily link with these highlands of Zimbabwe. 

3. Guava products. 

During my case study trips, I have realised that in Chipinge district, guava plantations just grow and produce large quantities of fruit without any maintenance from people. In rivers like Chipadza, Nyagadza, Ndiringeii, Zombani, there is a lot of guava plants. 

Guavas can be used to produce a lot of products. Here is the list of few products that can be produced from guava. 

♤ Jelly

♤ Guava jam

♤ Guava juice & fruit blended. 

♤ Concentrate 

♤ Canned guava.

4. Honey products. 

With mountain utilisation, millions and millions of litres  of honey can be produced in the highlands of Zimbabwe. Honey can be used to produce a wide range of products. Here I'm going to list few of them.

♤ Honey butter 

♤ Hot toddy 

♤ Sauces and salad 

♤ mead

♤ Baked beans 

♤ Quick Breads 

♤ Cookies and Cakes. 

5. Mushroom products. 

In Chipinge district, there a lot of varieties of natural sweet mashroom. One of our objectives is to replicate those unique varieties in the near future. Mashroom can be used to produce a number of products and here I'm going to list some of them.

♤ Mushroom Chips. 

♤ Mushroom Biscuits. 

♤ Mushroom soup power. 

♤ Mushroom Nuggets. 

6. Mango products. 

♤ Mango Bar 

♤ Mango Candy 

♤ Mango drinks 

♤ Mango jam

♤ Mango essence. 

This is not a complete list of food products that can be produced from agriculture based raw materials found in the highlands of Zimbabwe. My case study trips shall continue until I managed to uncover our full potential as a nation. 

With new line of Education, one of our strategies is called Problem orientated strategy (POS), at the heart of POS exist the process of identification, so here our aim is to identify what can be  produced from local resources thereby creating related courses which must be taught to students with an aim of imparting to them practical specialised knowledge that we require to solve our own problems as a continent.

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