Solar Dryer

Listing ID #4245907

On this scenario producing better quality agricultural products and post harvesting technologies also very important. But unfortunately in India up to 25 % to 30 % of the agricultural produce get wasted because of heavy production or some times farmers suffer heavy losses because of fall in selling rates. For example coriander rate per bunch in season is very cheap around rs 2-3 per bunch , and in off season rates goes as high as rs 10 to 12 Rupees per bunch. But if this losses could be prevented by better and cost effective post harvesting process. 
We are very well aware of cold storage, where the agricultural produce is being stores in lower temperature and being used as and when required. “solar dry storage” is our unique concept were agricultural produce could be dehydrated using solar drying system and then preserved in vacuumed packed packaging , so that it could be used when it is required , comparing to cold storage running cost of solar dry storage system could be very low because dehydrated agricultural produce could be stored in normal temperature . As in our country there is large amount of solar energy available this could be used to dehydrate the agricultural produce. This dry storage cold run on back up system of any other fuel like LPG or even waste from farms. With the time eating habits of people are changing ready to eat , ready to cook food products are increasing in demands. Use of powders is increasing , many snacks industries need dehydrated powders for their products. 
This type of project could be installed in any interior village because it is difficult to carry their agricultural produce in big cities , after drying the volume and the weight of material reduces and it results into reducing in transport cost. This project could be very useful to avoid the wastage of fruits and vegetables. 
This “Solar dry storage “ could be connected to market place where they could display their stock. So that merchants cold buy dehydrated fruits and vegetables as per their need.