Solar drying is one of the most efficient and cost-effective, renewable, and sustainable
technologies to conserve agricultural products in Asian and sub-Saharan African (SSA) …

Introduction he conventional drying system to preserve fruits, vegetables, grains, ish, meat,
wood and other agricultural products is sun drying which is a free and renewable source of …

Abstract In East Africa, post-harvest loss of fresh perishable fruits is enormous, causing
recurrent seasonal deficits. In response, a modified passive-mode hybrid solar dryer …

Inappropriate food conservation practices along with insufficient and inefficient storage
systems are often responsible for the deterioration in food quality of agricultural products …

Reducing postharvest losses (PHL) of fresh perishable agro-produce is a key strategic
pathway to increasing incomes, food and nutrition security in East Africa. In response, an …

Drying is an essential process in the preservation of agricultural crops and in industries,
such as textile production, dairy processing, cement production, clay brick production, tile …

In the present scenario, food security is one of the major concerns in the Indian context;
engendered due to increased population and other associated anthropological activities …

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 …

Initiatives towards large-scale dissemination of solar dryers for drying of agri-produce face
severe competition from the largely prevalent practice of open sun drying in most of the …

Uncertain price rise and rapid depletion of fossil fuels accelerated the development of
renewable energy sources in the form of alternative power sources. Solar is an abundant …