Crop Storage and Preservation
Crop losses are a major problem in many situations but careful preservation and storage can combat this.
General Resources
Cold Storage of Fruit and Vegetables
This Technical Brief gives an outline of the storage requirements of different crops, and looks at the construction...
Evaporative Cooling
Keeping produce fresh with refrigeration methods that require no external power.
Evaporative Cooling - Refrigeración por Evaporación
Manteniendo la frescura de los alimentos con métodos de refrigeración que no requieren fuente de energía externa.
Evaporative Cooling - Refroidissement par Evaporation
Keeping produce fresh with refrigeration methods that require no external power.
Evaporative Cooling - The Ceramic Refrigerator
The ceramic refrigerator uses evaporative cooling to keep food fresh without a power source.
Evaporative Cooling - The Clay Refrigerator
This document provides some guidelines on making a ceramic or clay pot in pot evaporative cooler.
Evaporative Cooling in Gambia
This story of change explains the introduction of the pot in pot cooler in Gambia.
Evaporative Cooling in India
A case study from Indicorp describing the introduction of a domestic cooler.
Potato Storage and Processing
Potatoes are the fourth-largest food crop after rice, wheat, and maize. This brief describes how to make best use of...
Refrigeration in Developing Countries
In vast areas of developing countries that are without reliable electricity supply alternative methods for...
