Well dried maize benefits all: the solar maize dryer
The solar maize dryer is a construction that dries maize through solar energy. It is a construction that resembles a greenhouse. It takes three days to reduce the moisture content of maize from 24 to 14 percent. Drying maize reduces the risk of mould and aflotoxins and helps farmers to achieve good market prices. Drying maize reduces post-harvest loses and produces higher quality maize for markets.
Author: GIZ - Market-Oriented Agriculture Program (MOAP)
Organization: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Year: 2020
Country/ies: Ghana
Geographical coverage: Africa
Type: Practices
Full text available at: https://www.fao.org/teca/en/technologies/8285
Content language: English