Inadequate preservation techniques and poor storage provisions lead to deterioration in the
quality of agricultural products. Advanced processing techniques have been used to reduce …

The open-air drying under the sun is one of the most historical methods of using a solar
energy for food preservation. The general classification of solar drying systems is presented …

Most of the available equipment for drying agricultural produce is too expensive and
complicated for the majority of farmers in the world. The aim of the study was to design …

Africa has a very high solar insolation and a large agrarian sector with a lot of drying of
agricultural products carried out with mostly open sun drying. However, efforts have been …

Solar energy as a clean and abundant energy source has been widely utilized in the drying
domain. Much research has focused on the drying system driven by solar energy to improve …

Fruits and vegetables are an integral part of the human diet. Many developing countries
such as Tanzania experience post-harvest losses of 40%, and there is little ability to …

Solar drying is an integral part of rural life for various products, especially vegetable, fruits &
spices which are produced in rural areas and have no scientific means of preserving such …

The most important benefit of solar energy is renewable and low pollutant source of energy
(clean energy). Solar energy technology and research are developing fast and much of the …

Drying is the oldest preservation technique of agricultural products, and sun drying is still
widely used for preservation of agricultural products in the tropics and subtropics. Previous …