l did bump into this when l visited Eco-Resource centre in Nairobi, Kenya. l got fascinated by the simplicity and its functionality. The simple piece of innovation so ideal for the preservation of vegetables and fruits in areas especially rural where there is no access to electricity.
Built with PVC pipes, corrugated zinc, wood, jute bag and water which serves coolant, a preservation system that can preserve fruits and vegetables for 2 weeks. lmagine how much harvest in the rural ares would be saved from waste when such simple innovation is being utilized.
l remember some years back when l worked in an agrarian community in Southeast Nigeria, l recollect visiting a local market which holds every four days and the amount of vegetables and fruits being wasted there is heart-rending. The locals bring their farm produce to the market, sell what they are able to sell, what is left over is heaped away as waste as it made no sense to them carrying the left-over back when there are still the same produce waiting in their farms for harvest for the next market day. The goats and pigs that roamed around the market looked so well-fed as they feed off from the farmers left-overs.
With such simple technology which can be constructed in homesteads with N5,000 ($30), Fruits and vegetables will have a longer shelf life.
This is an amazing idea! Can you please post instructions on how to construct this? Or provide the contact of someone who can?
ReplyDeletel will do that soon,
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ReplyDeletePls, post the construction details as soon as possible.
ReplyDeleteFrom the description, you don't need any construction details. If you can think you can build it.
DeleteNice concept, I think I can construct this from the details I have so far (both this article and personal research). It is similar to pot-in-pot refrigerator invented by a nigerian.
ReplyDeleteInteresting innovations but the Govt will not help bring it up but to keep stealing money
ReplyDeleteNice blog you have here,please keep updating.I am interested in this food preservation vessel.How much will it cost to get it in our present day,and how can one get it constructed?
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