Aswan Governorate is considered the largest governorate of Egypt producing dried dates, and most famous varieties are Sakkoti, Bartamuda, Gondaila, Malkabi, Shamia. Immediately after harvest, dates contain a high percentage moisture, which must be properly disposed in order to maintain chemical composition natural properties, also for long-term storage. There many drying systems that can used d...

Vegetables are known to be nutritious and form part of almost every meal in an African set up. However, they perishable seasonal thus scarce during dry period. Drying helps extend their shelf life. The main objective the study was determine consumption pattern dried traditional vegetables (TAVs) semi-arid rural households. Dried TAVs by open sun drying solar were considered. Cross-section data ...

Katuk leaves contain chemicals in the form of alkaloids, triterpenoids, saponins, tannins, polyphenols, glycosides and flavonoids, so they are widely used as antioxidants. One factor can affect chemical content yield extract is drying method. The purpose this study was to determine effect different methods on katuk leaf extract. This research method experimental Posttest Only Design. were dried...

The high cost of imported fishmeal as animal protein source is one the limiting factors in raising broiler chickens particularly Nigeria. Maggots are housefly larvae that rich which could be used alternative to production. This study assessed differently processed Maggot Meal (MM) replacement for broilers diet a completely randomized design. A total 144 day old Arbor Acre were randomly divided ...

Drying via solar energy is an environmentally friendly and inexpensive process. For controlled bulk level drying, a greenhouse dryer the most suitable dryer. The efficiency of can be increased by using thermal storage. agricultural products dried in greenhouses are reported to higher quality than those sun because they shielded from dust, rain, insects, birds, animals. heat storage-based was fo...

The main aim of this study was to develop an integrated solar-tracking system maximize the efficiency solar heaters manufactured from recyclable aluminum cans (RAC) for optimum drying apple slices. results revealed that thermal air heater incorporated with a tracking unit significantly improved by about 45% compared conventional fixed at all tested flow rates. highest 87.1% equipped achieved ra...

Mint leaves are vegetables used for tea especially in the northern part of Nigerian because their nutritional and medicinal values. Fresh mint perishable to extend shelf-life drying is a common practice among people. The application proper method essential preserve its Lack information on characteristic that could be design dryers major bottleneck processing. This accounts poor colour, taste, f...

This research aims to analyze the production process and organoleptic quality of dried shrimp produced in Katapang Doyong, Pangandaran-West Java, Indonesia. The method used was a survey method. procedure conducted two stages. first stage observed making products, second tested produced. analysis by observing site interviewing workers business owners. testing performed using scoring tests. resul...