Resources Tagged: Solar Drying

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  1. Making mango crisps - video

    Access Agriculture Training Videos Dried mango crisps are a tasty and a healthy snack that can be sold even out of season at a good price. Available languages Bambara English French Kiswahili Peulh / Fulfuldé / Pulaar Twi Wolof
    AccessAgriculture Mango Solar Drying Post Harvest Food Preservation

  2. SAWBO - Solar Treating of Cowpea Seeds

    Cowpea bruchids (Callosobruchus maculatus) can cause damage to cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) seeds in storage, resulting in post-harvest losses. In the animated video we describe a solarization technique for killing cowpea bruchids before the seeds are stored. Scientific Animations Without Borders...
    SAWBO Cowpea Vigna unguiculata Postharvest Solar Drying

  3. SAWBO - Postharvest Loss: How to Use a Solar Grain Dryer

    This video explains how to dry grains after harvest by using the High Velocity Solar Grain Dryer. Drying grain is important because it reduces the chance for mold growth in the grain, which will increase its storage life as well as ensuring that it will sell at a higher price. Instructions on how...
    SAWBO Postharvest Solar Drying

  4. Solar Dehydrator

    Key Resource 2001-01-01 Often the biggest challenge faced by a tropical farmer is not in the production of a crop but rather in the preservation of the crop. Farmers may want to preserve a crop for future consumption or for sale at a time when the market will offer a higher price. Using a solar dehydrator is a simple,...
    Appropriate Techno... Food Processing Solar Drying Storage

  5. Solar Drying of Fruits and Vegetables

    2002-01-24 This publication includes information on preparation and pretreatment of different fruit and vegetable types of drying, how to dry these using simple solar dryers, proper storage of dried fruit and vegetables, and recipes for dried fruit and vegetables. 23 pages, illustrated, photos
    Solar Drying Fruit-Preservation Vegetables-Preserv...

  6. Low temperature & solar grain drying handbook.

    1980-01-01 Prepared under the direction of the Solar Energy subcommittee of the Midwest Plan Service. 86 pages, illustrated
    Grain Crops Solar Drying

  7. Solar Drying: A Means of Improving the Quality of Peanuts in Ghana

    Abstract, Peanut Science, 2018 An indirect, passive, wooden dryer, with a galvanized steel panel (4.5 m2 ) and four wire mesh shelves (2.62 m2 each), was constructed in Kumasi, Ghana. The dryer was evaluated for its capacity in drying of freshly-harvested in-shell peanuts on a single layer (8.5...
    Ghana Peanut Solar Drying

  8. Solar food dryer: preserves food for year-round use, using solar energy

    Solar food drying is the healthy, sustainable way to preserve high-quality, locally grown foods.Food dryinghas become very popular in recent years, with electric food dryers now available in most every department store. But instead of using costly electricity for the job, you can easily build...
    Solar Drying Food Preservation

  9. Solar drying of chillies - video

    Access Agriculture Training Video When chillies remain moist, moulds develop and the chillies will go bad. Some moulds produce a poison, called aflatoxin, which is toxic to people. To speed up drying and to dry your food hygienically you can use a solar dryer that uses the heat of the sun to dry...
    Chillies Solar Drying Post Harvest AccessAgriculture

  10. Solar drying pineapples - video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Many pineapples are wasted, because they cannot be kept fresh for more than a week. By drying pineapples farmers can reduce waste and earn more money throughout the year. Available languages Bambara Bangla Chichewa / Nyanja English French Hausa Luganda Peulh /...
    Pineapple Solar Drying Post Harvest Fruit-Preservation AccessAgriculture