solar dryer

Faced with crop spoilage in his village, 26-year-old Swuyievezo Dzudo used his science background to build a solar dryer that costs Rs 7,000. Now used by over 500 farmers in Nagaland, his invention is saving crops, boosting incomes, and earning national recognition.

Want better returns from your farm? Solar dryers offer a smart way to preserve crops, reduce spoilage, and increase rural incomes. Here’s how to get started.

Varun Raheja designed foldable, portable, and scalable solar dryers to help small and marginal farmers derive better income from excess produce, which would otherwise be sold at throwaway prices.

These visionary farmers are transforming Indian agriculture with their groundbreaking innovations — from Ganapathi Bhat’s ‘tree scooter’ for areca palm harvesting to Haresh Thacker’s ‘dragon fruit farming’ in Kutch’s arid landscape.

Watch this video to see how Vaibhav Tidke, a farmer’s son, developed solar dryers to increase the shelf life of farm produce and minimise wastage.

Chaitram Pawar from Baripada village near Dhule has spearheaded multiple initiatives to promote solar lights, water pumps and cookers in the hamlet

The Solar Tunnel Dryer effectively curbs food wastage ⁠too by increasing the shelf life of farm produce by six months while keeping nutrients intact!

The duo also reached out to maximum number of farmers to help them switch to natural farming.

In order to help the farmers with better drying methods, Nafeesa Usman also devised a solar dryer prototype of her own design.

Founded by Vaibhav Tidke, S4S Technologies is best known for developing an award-winning solar conductor dryer to aid the storage of farm produce minus preservatives.