Drying vegetables also reduces the bulk weight thus facilitating ease of transportation. In some cases drying may lead to a considerable reduction in volume and hence reduction in storage space requirements.
Also, vegetable yields usually shoot up following the rain season thus forcing prices to dramatically fall. Drying kale at this time of plenty will help to reduce price fluctuations while increasing incomes for the producers.
Fresh produce losses that can at times be as high as 70% can also be avoided