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Table 1.11. Participants' priority products in workshops held in Magomero (Malawi), Tabora
(Tanzania) and Harare (Zimbabwe).

Magomero Tabora Harare

Mango juice Baobab juice Parinari oil

Mango dried Groundnut butter Strychnos jelly

Mango jam Strychnos juice Marula oil

Tomato jam Parinari wine Marula jelly

Baobab wine Vitex jam Ziziphus fruit leather

Baobab juice Syzygium juice Uapaca jam

Uapaca wine Marula wine

Uapaca juice Flacourtia jam

Marula wine Mango juice

Marula juice Guava jam

Source: Ham (2004).

The participants from the Zimbabwe workshop also focused strongly on oil
products, while the Tanzania and Malawi participants did not list oils as
preferred products. This could possibly be attributed to the higher level of
technology required for oil processing, which is not available at community
level. The markets for oils seem to be mostly export-orientated and community
groups are not aware of these markets or do not have access to them.
Tables 1.12-1.14 show participants' rankings of priority products on four
sets of criteria: ecological, socio-economic, market potential and technical
requirements. The ecological evaluation was conducted in order to determine
the impact of harvesting on the fruit supply, but also to look at aspects such as
fruit availability and ease of harvesting. In Malawi, exotic fruits such as mango
were rated the highest, while the Tanzania workshop participants felt that
indigenous fruits would have a more positive ecological impact. Both workshops
gave the lowest ecological ratings to marula products. The differing ecological
rankings probably reflect variations in the distribution and availability of the
fruit-tree species.
The socio-economic evaluation determines how beneficial these products
would be to development and the degree to which they can serve as vehicles

Table 1.12. Overall ranking of products identified during the Magomero, Malawi, workshop.

Mango Tomato Mango Mango Uapaca Baobab Uapaca Baobab Marula Marula

jam jam dried juice juice juice wine wine juice wine

Ecological 1 4 1 1 5 7 5 7 9 9

Socio-economic 2 1 4 3 6 8 5 7 9 10

Market 2 1 5 7 4 3 10 6 9 8

Technical 1 4 2 6 5 3 7 8 9 10

Sum 6 10 12 17 20 21 27 28 36 37

Overall ranking 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Source: Ham (2004).