Kampala — ENERGY is crucial for any social and economic activity. And a consistent and reliable source of energy is a prerequisite to production, improvement of livelihood and economic competitiveness ...

Telia Curtis, 29, who developed the solar tunnel dryer as part of her Masters thesis, wanted to create a unit that would allow families to dry and sell the abundant fruits and nuts found through the ...

Wakiso — A new highly effective solar dryer for reducing the massive post-harvest losses of fresh produce has been adopted by farmers in Wakiso district. The dryer has been developed by Uganda ...

A substantial amount of losses on farms occur at the stage of post-harvest handling. This is as a result of lack of an effective and speedy means of drying the produce. Because of this, many farmers ...

The solar dryer is a small structure made of timber, wire mesh to hold the produce and greenhouse plastic sheet. The dryer purely relies on green energy as it uses solar or wind, writes Fred Muzaale.

The [VelaCreations] family lives off the grid, getting the electricity that they actually use from solar and wind power. When they started looking for ways to preserve the fruit and vegetables now ...

TEHRAN---The Director of the Office of Agriculture Jihad in Shahrood announced that for the first time ever in Iran, a solar fruit dryer has been installed in Bastam district in Shahrood. Muhammad ...