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All rights reserved.\n\nEnergy Efficiency for Small and Medium Scale Enterprises\n\n\nEnergy and Environment Technology Source Books\nBy Elizabeth Muguti, Saskia Everts, Bob Schulte, Linda Smallegange Practical Action Publishing LtdCopyright © 1999 The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)\nAll rights reserved.\nISBN: 978-1-85339-446-1\n\n\nContents\nINTRODUCTION, xi,\nWho can implement an energy crisis programme?, xii,\nHow can the energy efficiency of an enterprise be improved?, xiii,\n1 The importance of energy efficiency programmes, 1,\n2 Analysis of the existing situation (Step 1), 7,\n3 Identifying immediate energy saving potentials (Step 2), 19,\n4 Technology options for energy saving, 28,\n5 Choosing the best option (Step 3), 62,\n6 Implementation, monitoring and evaluation Implementation (Step 4), 70,\nBIBLIOGRAPHY, 76,\nSOURCES OF FURTHER INFORMATION, 76,\nGLOSSARY, 81,\n\nCHAPTER 1\nThe importance of energy efficiency programmes\n\nAdvantages of energy efficiency\nSmall-scale enterprises are a major source of income and employment in developing countries, and women entrepreneurs run many of them. 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All rights reserved.\n\nDairy Processing\n\n\nFood Cycle Technology Source Books\nBy UNIFEM Practical Action Publishing LtdCopyright © 1996 The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)\nAll rights reserved.\nISBN: 978-1-85339-335-8\n\n\nContents\nPREFACE, vii,\nACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, viii,\nINTRODUCTION, 1,\n1 Milk processing, 3,\n2 Traditional methods and products, 9,\n3 Improving milk processing technologies, 26,\n4 Socio-economic considerations, 42,\n5 Case studies, 49,\nGLOSSARY OF TERMS, 58,\nEQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS, 59,\nINSTITUTIONS, 60,\nREFERENCES AND FURTHER READING, 62,\n\nCHAPTER 1\nMilk processing\n\nThe perishable nature of milk means that some form of processing is necessary to extend its shelf-life, transform it into different products to expand its market and to generate income by adding value. Ordinary heat treatment or pasteurization, while destroying harmful bacteria, does not make milk absolutely free from spoilage organisms. 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