Jane Ambuko's slides on small scale processing of mango fruits.

1. Small-scale processing of mango fruits: putting
money in farmers’ pockets while enhancing
access to nutritious fruit products
Jane Ambuko*, Emmanuel Amwoka, George Abong’,
Catherine Kunyanga, Duke Gekonge and Isaac Maitha

2. Presentation Outline
❑Background – challenges and opportunities
❑Value addition/processing options for mango
❑Increased value from various processed productions
❑Conclusion and some recommendations

3. Background
❑ Mango is the 2nd most important fruit in Kenya
❑ Production is dominated by small scale farmers (50 – 100 trees)
❑ >95% of the mango fruits produced in Kenya are consumed and traded locally by
small scale traders
❑ There’s limited processing and consumption of mango products

4. ❑ Mango is a highly perishable fruit and production in Kenya is seasonal
❑ Lack of cold storage facilities at the farm level
❑ Limited processing due to lack of capacity (human capacity and equipment)
❑ Ultimately high postharvest losses and low profits for farmers
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Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
Production
(MT)
Month
Glut
Glut
Scarcity 40 – 50% PHL
in mango
Challenges

5. Low prices
❑ Farmgate price during the peak season = 0.03 – 0.05
US cents
❑ Higher prices in cities - as high as 90 US Cents
❑ Higher prices for imported fruits
Locally produced mango fruit: Farmgate price is 0.06 –
0.10 US Cents per Kg
Imported mango fruit: retails for 5 USD per Kg

6. Opportunities –
mango
processing
❑Increasing demand for mango fruit
products in domestic and global
▪Consumer demand for healthy and
nutritious food
❑Abundance of mango fruit during
the peak season – low prices
❑Ongoing efforts to promote small-
scale processing at the farm level to
reduce postharvest losses

7. Value derived from
mango processing
(options for smallholders)

8. Fresh Mango
Fruit Sales
❑ Individual farmer’s sales: 1 Kg = 6 KES (0.06 $),
▪ 1 ton = 1,000 X 0.06 (60 USD)
❑ Farmers in aggregation centers: 1 Kg = KES 18 – 20 (0.18 –
20 USD),
▪ 1 ton = 1,000 X 0.18 (180 USD)

10. Examples of HighValue Nutritious
Products from Mango Fruit

11. - 1,000 Kg of fresh mango fruits can yield ~ 50 – 100 Kg
of dried chips
- Mango chips retails @ USD 2.3 per 100g
- 1,000 Kg fresh mangoes (50 – 100 Kg of mango chips)
will fetch 1,150 to 2,300 $)
Mango
chips/crisps

12. Mango Rolls/Mango Leather
Mango
Leather/Rolls
❑1,000 Kg of mango fruits can yield
50 -100 Kg of mango rolls
❑100g of mango rolls = 2.5 USD
❑50 – 100 Kg of Mango rolls =
1,250 to 2,500 $)

13. Mango-enriched yoghurt
❑1,000 Kg of mango yields 600 liters of pulp which is
blended with natural yoghurt at 25:75 (pulp: yoghurt)
❑250 ml of mango-enriched yoghurt @ 0.5 USD
❑Net profit from 1,000 Kg estimated to be USD 2,500

14. Mango juices
- 1,000 Kg of mango fruits can yield 400 liters
of ready-to-drink juice
- @ Liter juice retails for 1.6 to 2 USD
- Net profit from 1,000 Kg fruits (400 L of
ready to drink juice) = 640 – 800 $

15. Other Products from Mango Fruit
Mango wine, Mango Jam, Mango Chutney

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122,130 131,816
163,080
186,827
254,033
551,472
Pulp Standard
Nectar
mango Jam Mango chips Mango Leather Pulpy Nectar Mango-yoghurt Mango Wine
Net
Profit
Per
1,000
Kg
Fruits
(KES)
Mango Product

17. Capacity Building of Small-scale
Processors at the Food Processing
Hub at UON

18. Conclusion
❑Processing mango fruit into the various products especially at the farm/village
level will contribute to reduction of postharvest losses – PHL reduction in all
food supply chains is key to sustainable food systems
❑Processed (shelf-stable) mango products are available to consumers all year
round unlike the fresh fruits which are seasonal
❑Consumer awareness creation and marketing – critical for the uptake of
processed mango (fruit) products
❑The processed fruits products could be taken up in homegrown school feeding
programs that link smallholder farmers to school meals program
❑Small-scale processing can spur growth of cottage industries in the villages –
opportunity for economic development in rural areas and poverty alleviation

19. Our Funding & Research Partners

21. ThankYou!
Email: jane.ambuko@uonbi.ac.ke OR ambuko@yahoo.com
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