FARMING AND FOOD LABORATORY TECHNIQUES

This module has an aim of equipping students with the needed skills, knowledge and attitude in laboratory performance and opening students minds on how food products are made by relating the principle of functionality of food properties and how different reaction cause changes accordingly. This will lay a foundation for future food processing practicals and research .It is designed in such a way that students will read out procedures offered, prepare chemical mixtures, prepare samples and carry out step by step instructions so as to avoid mistakes or unnecessary errors for efficient analysis results. Assignments will also help the learner to clearly understand how nutrients and their functions give the makeup and general stability of food.