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How Many Types of Flour Are There In India?

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To talk about Indian flour is to talk about many things. Indians use flour made from wheat, rice, millet, lentils, chickpeas, maize, semolina and even potato to name a few. Even within the category of wheat flour there are a number of different products. Flours are often marketed according to their purpose; so you will find products like 'chapatti flour' and 'idli flour'. I will try to avoid this categorization but I will try to make the connections where relevant. There are literally hundreds if different types of flour, I will concentrate here on the Indian flours - those used most often in Indian cooking.     Wheat Flours Wheat flours are grown mostly in Northern India and especially the Punjab, which grows about 20% of India's wheat. and there are many varieties. The two Indian flours most commonly used (and available outside India) are atta and maida. Atta Atta flour is probably the most commonly used wheat flour in the Indian subcontinent. It is a w...

Zambia Maize Marketing and Processing

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1.Zambia Maize Marketing Maize is the most important staple crop in Zambia. Its planting area and production volume is far greater than those of other crops. Smallholders account for 79% of maize production in the country. Other staple crops include cassava, sweet potato, sorghum and millet. Cassava is cooked directly, or floured before cooking as with maize, sorghum and millet. Based on a nationwide survey conducted and some observations on the cropping pattern and income sources of smallholders. First, household of approximately 80% has produced the maize as a staple food; importance of this crop has outstanding in terms of the number of growers, groundnuts(42%) and cassava(39%) is next in line, followed by sweet potato(19%) and sorghum(10%). Looking at the composition of income for all households by crop, cereals including maize have the largest share with 35%, followed by roots and tubers with 18%. Thus, it has been found that maize is the most important crop both in ter...

Analysis on Pakistan's Wheat Economy  and Wheat Production

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Pakistan's principal natural resources are arable land and water. About 25% of Pakistan's agriculture accounts for about 21% of GDP and employs about 43% of the labour force. In Pakistan, the most agricultural province is Punjab where wheat and cotton are the most grown. Mango orchards are mostly found in Sindh and Punjab provinces that make Pakistan the world's 4th largest producer of mangoes. The most important crops are wheat, sugarcane, cotton, and rice, which together account for more than 75% of the value of total crop output. Pakistan's largest food crop is wheat. In 2005, Pakistan produced 21,591,400 metric tons of wheat, more than all of Africa (20,304,585 metric tons) and nearly as much as all of South America (24,557,784 metric tons), according to the FAO. The country had harvested more than 25 to 23 million tons of wheat in 2012. The mismanagement of wheat economy is no surprise. Pakistan has been enjoying a surplus of wheat for the past couple...

How to Get Benefits from Maize/Corn Flour in Zambia?

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As we all know  maize/corn flour milling plant  business is a big market Africa countries, like Zambia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, etc. Maize meal commonly known as “mealie meal”. In Zambian, maize is the most important staple crop, maize is mostly used as food, although it is also used for brewing and animal consumption. As a staple crop, most of the maize is milled and then boiled in hot water until it thickens like dough for eating. This staple food, known as nsima in Zambia, is very similar in its preparation to what is called to in Burkina Faso and ugali in Kenya and Tanzania, both serving as staple food. Zambia Maize Production to Rise by 30% by 2025 Zambia is likely to increase its maize production by more than 30% by 2025, from the current 3m t to over 4m t. This was included in a recent outlook on the maize market by the Indaba Agricultural Research Institute (IAPRI). IAPRI indicates that the projected growth in maize production in Zambia will mainly be driven by...

What is the Importance of Corn Processing Equipment in Corn Processing Products?

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www.maizemillingmachinery.com Maize occupies an important position in the world's grain production, and its production area is only inferior to that of rice and wheat,  a lthough the nutritional value is lower than other cereals, but its range of application is very extensive, not only can be eaten directly, but also can be processed into starch, alcohol, etc . which is  used in food, medicine, industry and other fields . With the improvement of people's living standard, the demand for grain quality is higher and higher, and the corn processing machinery has been applied . Through corn processing machinery, corn can be processed into a variety of products, greatly improving the diversity of food, and effectively meet the needs of people's food . At the same time, the possibility of corn deep processing and good market, but also to the relevant food machinery opportunities and challenges . Extensive application of deep processing of corn Corn is not only the tatio...