Abstract
An engineering economic assessment was carried out on the production of non-alcoholic beverages from some tropical crops (breadfruit, potato, plantain and sweet cassava). The production had earlier been established in a previous study in our laboratory.A small-scale production plant was proposed for the commercial exploitation of the research results. The facilities for the production technology were identified and their cost estimates were obtained from equipment fabricators and suppliers. The economic study showed positive net present values (NPV) at 75% and 100% capacity utilisation. This indicates that the research result may lead to a successful innovation if appropriate funding, management and business strategy are employed for its exploitation.
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