{"id":19537,"date":"2025-05-21T10:19:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T08:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ruralis.no\/prosjekter\/solarfood-developing-inclusive-business-model-bm-concepts-for-solar-food-drying-in-the-himalaya-region\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T08:57:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T06:57:25","slug":"solarfood3","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/ruralis.no\/en\/projects\/solarfood3\/","title":{"rendered":"SolarFood: Developing inclusive business model (BM) concepts for solar food drying in the Himalaya region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Business models will be developed and tested with local stakeholders, particularly women-led agricultural cooperatives. In lowering post-harvest losses,\u00a0SolarFood\u00a0will contribute to addressing the issues of both food access \/ security and poverty reduction.<\/p>\n<p>The goal is to improve the nutritional content of solar dried foods and developing marketable products that can provide a new income stream for women-led agricultural cooperatives.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0SolarFood\u00a0project involves an international and interdisciplinary team of researchers, led by Ruralis \u2013 Institute for Rural and Regional Research in Norway. Partners include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lund University<\/li>\n<li>Jigme Namgyel Engineering College, Royal University of Bhutan<\/li>\n<li>Gedu\u00a0College of Business Studies, Royal University of Bhutan<\/li>\n<li>School of Management, Kathmandu University<\/li>\n<li>Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kathmandu University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SolarFood builds on two previous research projects, both led by Lund University. SolarFood\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ruralis.no\/en\/projects\/combined-solar-and-membrane-drying-technologies-for-sustainable-fruit-preservation-in-developing-countries-kombination-av-sol-och-membranteknik-for-torkning-och-konservering-av-frukt-pa-ett-hallbar\/\">1.0<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ruralis.no\/en\/projects\/solarfood-reducing-post-harvest-losses-through-improved-solar-drying\/\">2.0<\/a>\u00a0emphasized the development of solar-powered technologies. SolarFood 3.0 instead focuses on the social and economic aspects of introducing solar dryers while improving and tailoring them to local contexts.<\/p>\n<p>For an example on the developed solar dryers, see the construction manual for indirect solar dryer in wood (CC-BY license): <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.20401618\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.20401618<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61586737857715\">Follow us on Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/solarfood\/\">Linkedin<\/a>\u00a0and subscribe to our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SolarFood3\">YouTube-channel for videoes.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Project Group<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21103\" src=\"https:\/\/ruralis.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/deltagere-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"664\" height=\"671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ruralis.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/deltagere-1.png 1859w, https:\/\/ruralis.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/deltagere-1-1000x1011.png 1000w, https:\/\/ruralis.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/deltagere-1-1520x1536.png 1520w, https:\/\/ruralis.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/deltagere-1-1013x1024.png 1013w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21105\" src=\"https:\/\/ruralis.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/deltagere-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ruralis.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/deltagere-2.png 1860w, https:\/\/ruralis.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/deltagere-2-1000x1003.png 1000w, https:\/\/ruralis.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/deltagere-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ruralis.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/deltagere-2-1531x1536.png 1531w, https:\/\/ruralis.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/deltagere-2-1021x1024.png 1021w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21108\" src=\"https:\/\/ruralis.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/deltagere-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ruralis.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/deltagere-4.png 1841w, https:\/\/ruralis.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/deltagere-4-1000x822.png 1000w, https:\/\/ruralis.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/deltagere-4-1536x1263.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Advisors<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21009\" src=\"https:\/\/ruralis.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bilde43.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ruralis.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bilde43.png 1859w, https:\/\/ruralis.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bilde43-1000x387.png 1000w, https:\/\/ruralis.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bilde43-1536x595.png 1536w, https:\/\/ruralis.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bilde43-1024x397.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>PhD students<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21011\" src=\"https:\/\/ruralis.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bilde44.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ruralis.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bilde44.png 1859w, https:\/\/ruralis.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bilde44-1000x388.png 1000w, https:\/\/ruralis.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bilde44-1536x596.png 1536w, https:\/\/ruralis.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bilde44-1024x397.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Completed master&#8217;s theses related to the project<\/strong><\/h3>\n<table style=\"height: 842px; width: 96.5178%; border-style: double;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px; background-color: #b6c9ab;\">\n<td style=\"width: 3.75965%; border-style: inset; height: 24px;\"><strong>Year<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.00799%; border-style: inset; height: 24px;\"><strong>Country<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.2673%; border-style: inset; height: 24px;\"><strong>Title<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.9792%; border-style: inset; height: 24px;\"><strong>Author(s)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-style: double;\">\n<td style=\"width: 3.75965%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>2026<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.00799%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>Nepal<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.2673%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/lup.lub.lu.se\/luur\/download?func=downloadFile&amp;recordOId=9235961&amp;fileOId=9236002\">Solar Drying of Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) in Nepal<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.9792%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>Mathilda Hult\u00e9n<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 47px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 3.75965%; border-style: inset; height: 47px;\">\n<h6>2026<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.00799%; border-style: inset; height: 47px;\">\n<h6>Nepal<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.2673%; border-style: inset; height: 47px;\">\n<h6><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lup.lub.lu.se\/luur\/download?func=downloadFile&amp;recordOId=9236777&amp;fileOId=9236822\">Going to Market Without a Map: Go-To-Market Strategies for Dried Food Products in Nepal<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.9792%; border-style: inset; height: 47px;\">\n<h6>Gustav Lautmann &amp; Arvid Stider<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 71px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 3.75965%; border-style: inset; height: 71px;\">\n<h6>2026<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.00799%; border-style: inset; height: 71px;\">\n<h6>Nepal<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.2673%; border-style: inset; height: 71px;\">\n<h6><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lup.lub.lu.se\/student-papers\/record\/9221171\">Improving Cost-Efficiency of an Indirect Solar Dryer in Nepal<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.9792%; border-style: inset; height: 71px;\">\n<h6>Agnes Eriksson &amp; Marija Mihajlovic<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 47px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 3.75965%; border-style: inset; height: 47px;\">\n<h6>2025<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.00799%; border-style: inset; height: 47px;\">\n<h6>Bhutan<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.2673%; border-style: inset; height: 47px;\">\n<h6><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/lup.lub.lu.se\/student-papers\/record\/9209595\">The Road to Improved Solar Drying: Barriers and Drivers for Wider Adoption of Solar Dryers in Rural Bhutan<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.9792%; border-style: inset; height: 47px;\">\n<h6>Noah Andreasson &amp; Linda Lundevaller<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-style: double;\">\n<td style=\"width: 3.75965%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>2024<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.00799%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>Bhutan<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.2673%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/lup.lub.lu.se\/student-papers\/record\/9151577\">Simulation and Modelling of Solar Dryer in COMSOL: Analysis of Airflow<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.9792%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>Christoffer S\u00f6rensson<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-style: double;\">\n<td style=\"width: 3.75965%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>2024<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.00799%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>Bhutan<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.2673%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/lup.lub.lu.se\/student-papers\/record\/9165837\">Enhancing Post-Harvest Preservation through Improved and Even Solar Drying: A Case Study in Bhutan<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.9792%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>Lara Constanze M\u00fcller<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-style: double;\">\n<td style=\"width: 3.75965%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>2024<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.00799%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>Bhutan<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.2673%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/lup.lub.lu.se\/student-papers\/record\/9167666\">Solar drying of banana (\u201cJazi Kela\u201d) in the rural area of Bhutan: Engineering and product quality aspects<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.9792%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>Fabienne K\u00fcpper<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-style: double;\">\n<td style=\"width: 3.75965%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>2024<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.00799%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>Nepal<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.2673%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/lup.lub.lu.se\/student-papers\/record\/9163921\">Barriers and Drivers for Solar Dryer Adoption in Nepal<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.9792%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>Ida Sonesson &amp; Magnus Lundquist<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-style: double;\">\n<td style=\"width: 3.75965%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>2023<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.00799%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>Bhutan<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.2673%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/lup.lub.lu.se\/student-papers\/record\/9124967\">Mitigating Post-Harvest Losses in Bhutan through Solar Food Drying: Optimization and Analysis<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.9792%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>Christian Rissler<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-style: double;\">\n<td style=\"width: 3.75965%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>2023<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.00799%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>Bhutan<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.2673%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/lup.lub.lu.se\/student-papers\/record\/9131736\">The Development and Testing of Low-Cost Heat Transfer Enhancements for Solar Dryers<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.9792%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>Hoda Mahmoodi<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-style: double;\">\n<td style=\"width: 3.75965%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>2023<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.00799%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>Bhutan<\/h6>\n<h6>\/Sweden<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.2673%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/lup.lub.lu.se\/student-papers\/record\/9141289\">Direct solar dryer<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.9792%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>Jamyang Dorji &amp; Lungten<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 3.75965%; border-style: inset; height: 48px;\">\n<h6>2023<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.00799%; border-style: inset; height: 48px;\">\n<h6>Bhutan<\/h6>\n<h6>\/Sweden<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.2673%; border-style: inset; height: 48px;\">\n<h6><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/lup.lub.lu.se\/student-papers\/search\/publication\/9141281\">Design, Analysis and Performance Evaluation of Indirect Solar Dryer (1)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/lup.lub.lu.se\/student-papers\/record\/9141292\">Design, Analysis and Performance Evaluation of Indirect Solar Dryer (2)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.9792%; border-style: inset; height: 48px;\">\n<h6>Dechen Om &amp; Tandin Jamtsho<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-style: double;\">\n<td style=\"width: 3.75965%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>2022<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.00799%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>Nepal<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.2673%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/lup.lub.lu.se\/student-papers\/record\/9085069\">Low cost thermal storage for solar dryers in the Himalayas<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.9792%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>Adam Karlsson<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-style: double;\">\n<td style=\"width: 3.75965%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>2022<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.00799%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>Nepal<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.2673%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/lup.lub.lu.se\/student-papers\/record\/9085862\">Development and testing of a novel solar dryer design with an incorporated heat exchanger \u2013 For use in the Himalayan regions<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.9792%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>Adam Probert<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-style: double;\">\n<td style=\"width: 3.75965%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>2022<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.00799%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>Nepal<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.2673%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/lup.lub.lu.se\/student-papers\/record\/9077722\">The impact of induced airflow on the drying process of apples inside a solar drying chamber<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10.9792%; height: 55px; border-style: inset;\">\n<h6>Marion Karlsson Faudot<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Watch our first demonstration video of a hybrid solar dryer installed at GCBS in Gedu, Bhutan. 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