This project aims to increase the drying rate of tomatoes in solar crop
dryers with the addition of solar concentrators. It focuses on developing
countries, and provides a possible solution to reducing the 40% postharvest
losses often experienced in these regions (Gustavsson et al.,
2011). In addition to the general goal of being able to decrease the
high post-harvest losses seen in many developing countries and provide
poor, rural farmers with a way to increase their income, the specific
research objectives of this project were to: