Applications are invited from farmers interested to set up solar dryers with a subsidy of 50% to 60%. In a statement, Virudhunagar Collector R. Kannan said that the agricultural produce lost their ...

Dear Jim: I plan to buy a lot of fruits and vegetables now (lower prices) and preserve them for natural snacks and cooking. I thought about drying them. Do solar dryers work well or are electric ones ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

With increasing interest in healthy eating, sustainable local food supplies and self-reliance, many people are discovering the benefits of a solar food dehydrator -- access to high-quality fruits and ...

We may hear a lot about photovoltaic panels, but solar collectors are also quite useful – the devices collect heat from sunlight, which is used in applications such as the heating of homes. Now, MIT ...

Department of Agricultural Engineering has sought applications from farmers for setting up solar dryers with a subsidy of 50% to 60% and digging farm ponds with 100% subsidy. A statement from ...