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Smart Solar Crop Dryer

A crop dryer that runs on the sun

A solar-powered drying chamber with sensors and a controller. It keeps drying conditions in range and records every batch.

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Farmers at a hub in Narok County gathered round the dryer's solar panel during our 2026 field pilot

Why it matters

Most harvests in Kenya are still dried on the ground, under open sky

Grain spread on tarpaulins waits for sun. When it rains at harvest, the crop stays wet, and wet crop spoils in store. The African Postharvest Losses Information System (opens in a new tab) estimates that about a sixth of Kenya’s maize harvest, 16.7% in 2021, is lost after harvest, with the largest share lost during harvest and field drying.

Maize spread on the ground to dry beside a house, photographed on one of our field visits

How it works

Four steps from loading to a dried batch

  1. 01Load the harvested crop into the trays.
  2. 02Solar power runs the dryer and charges its battery.
  3. 03Sensors read temperature and humidity. The controller keeps them in range.
  4. 04Every reading goes to our monitoring platform, so each batch has a record.
ITEDA's controller circuit boards for the dryer
Inside the dryerVersions and roadmap

Drying as a Service

We bring the dryer to your harvest

Each dryer stays in one farming zone and follows the harvests there through the year. Choose a region to see its counties and the crops we dry.

Hover over a region on the map, or tap one of the buttons above.

Central and Eastern

Operating

Crops we dry here

  • Coffee
  • Macadamia
  • Avocado
  • Mango
  • Maize
  • Rice

Counties: Kiambu, Kirinyaga, Machakos, Makueni, Murang'a, Nyeri

Narok

Operating

Crops we dry here

  • Maize

Counties: Narok

Rift Valley and Western

Next phase

Crops we dry here

  • Coffee
  • Avocado
  • Maize
  • African leafy vegetables

Counties: Bomet, Kakamega, Kericho, Kisii, Kisumu, Nandi, Nyamira, Trans Nzoia, Uasin Gishu

NairobiCentral and EasternNarokRift Valley and Western

Versions

Every version of the dryer, from the first build to the one in design now

See every version
  1. V1Built
  2. V2Built
  3. V3Built
  4. V4In design

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Recognition

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ITEDA team members presenting the Version 3 dryer to farmers at a hub in Narok County

The company

Founded in 2021, grown at Strathmore University

ITEDA Solutions designs and builds the dryer, runs the drying service and writes the software behind both. We work from Five Star Road, Nairobi.

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