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 …

The lack of adequate techniques for food processing is among the reasons underlying food
losses and high levels of hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa; the application of solar energy to …

ABSTRACT A critical review of solar drying relevant to countries in Africa is presented in this
paper, pointing out achievements and failures, and explanations why they may have …

Traditional open sun-drying, the predominant method of food preservation in Ghana, has
serious drawbacks leading to significant post-harvest losses (between 20 and 30%) …

Drying of agricultural products is an energy-demanding process. High costs, scarcities in
fossil fuels and environmental threats attract the use of solar energy as an alternate source …

Agricultural products such as coffee, tobacco, tea, fruit, cocoa beans, rice, nuts, and timber
generally require drying through a consistent application of relatively low heat. Traditionally …

Crop drying is the oldest method of preserving agricultural products. However, the
developing countries experience considerable losses from the traditional practices of floor …

According to investigations around 15% of the today's world population is undernourished.
The increase of world's population, which is predicted to be around 3 billion people within …

Abstract African Leafy Vegetables hold a high potential as an income source for resource
poor rural dwellers in Cameroon but this potential has not been realized because of lack of …

Commercial scale drying requires a tremendous amount of energy to heat air when drying
various food products and there is an opportunity to utilize solar energy in the drying …