Bangladesh adopts PH solar farm products dryer

Bangladesh will adopt the multi-commodity solar tunnel dryer (MCSTD) that was modified for use in the Philippines, demonstrating the feasibility of the technology that has been adopted by both farmers and agribusiness companies.

The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech), which developed the MCSTD, has entered into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Center on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) for the technology transfer of the drying system to Bangladesh until June this year. CIRDAP was represented by its Director General Tevita Boseiwaga in the MOA signing while PhilMech was represented by Genaro Tolentino and Helen Martinez.