ABSTRACT
A nation desire for industrial development will depend on the
participative role played by her citizens in establishing small and medium
scale industries for processing agricultural product.
The choice of this project therefore “Challenges of fruit drink
processing in Nigeria” becomes important in our economic well being as a
nation. The role of fruit drink processing has a major role to pay in the
economy became processing will provide employment for our youths and
thereby reduces unemployment which government alone cannot cope.
All the remarkable economies around developed countries has its
base on small scale industries established by individuals and later grown
into giant companies Nigerians who engages in fruit drink processing will
make more earning for himself, improve the standard of living of his family,
generate foreign currency from exporting and contribute to government
revenue by paying excise dutie
The topic as it implies pose a direct challenge to our indigenous
investors so, as to discourage important of such products. May Nigerians
have responded to this call as a lot of investors are now in Fruit Drink
processing.
It is important that the government should come forward to assist
the investors by providing them with basic infrastructures.
The research is therefore, aimed at examining the problem involve in
the establishment of processing industries and the prospects that will be
accrued from processing industries. This study will also provide a little
practical guide on certain things required before embarking of processing
of fruit drink .In the end we shall be able to proffer solutions and mark
recommendation on the identified problems on the way forward.
