The fish industry in Kenya, with a production of over 350,000 metric tonnes earns USD 105 million which accounts for about 5% of the national Gross Domestic Product, provides 3% of skilled and unskilled employment. However, ...

Mango (Mangifera indica L.) fruit is a valuable fruit in Kenya due to its nutritive value and economic importance. However, at least 40 to 45% of mango fruit is lost during post-harvest handling primarily due to inadequate ...

Coffee plays an important role in sustaining millions of livelihoods around the world. The effects of climate change on coffee are already perceivable. Coffee besides suffering from climate change is also a contributor. ...

The objective of this study was to determine the effect of brining on the drying rate of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in a glass-covered solar tunnel dryer. Tilapia fish, eviscerated, and split into pieces of approximately ...

The research was carried out with the objective of developing a simulation model for controlling moisture contentand temperature in the grain drying chamber. Mathematical modeling of deep bed grain drying, consisting of ...

Mathematical models for predicting the plenum chamber temperatures developed by a solar tunnel dryer and the drying of Tilapia fish (Oreochromis niloticus) in the solar tunnel dryer was developed, and simulated in Visual ...