but sas technologies has built a unique, low—cost, sun powered food drying machine to prolong the shelflife way. here is a shocking statistic. more than one third of all fruits and vegetables and up in landfills like these. these solar—powered dryers could be one solution to the big problem. all operated by rural women, they use natural heat in three different ways to completely suck out moisture from fresh produce. this is not exactly a high—tech device at all, with any complex technology, electronics or chips, but these dryers like onions or tomatoes that otherwise would have rotted. it is a frugal, low—cost, climate—friendly solution to preserving second grade produce that normally does not find a market. once dried, the produce comes to this factory, which processes it further into packaged food that is sold to big companies and restaurants. the farm—to—factory chain gives growers an assured market and cuts out the middleman, but growing the business comes with many challenges. onboarding women entrepreneurs is initially a challenge. i have to tell them about the technology and how it w

these are built by sas technologies a start—up that won the prestigious earthshot prize for climate impactly a high—tech device at all with any complex technology, electronics or chips but these dryers expand the life—cycle of basic perishables like onions for instance or tomatoes that would otherwise have rotted. it's a frugal, low cost, climate friendly solution to preserving second rate produce that normally does not find a market. they're also a cheap alternative to expensive cold storage facilities, which are few and far between in these rural areas. solar drying is known since ages as the open sun drying. shital somani is one of the cofounders of the start—up that makes these dryers. shital, can you explain exactly how this works? in the solar drier, basically we use the solar energy to convert in the heat form and give that heat to the product. when we say about the heat, the heat is from this surface, which is a full grade insulator black metallic surface, it is giving the heat from the bottom to the product and at the same time, when the air enters from this aspect, we close the d

but one start—up, sas technologies, has built a unique, low—cost, solar—powered food—drying machine thatife of perishables in a climate—friendly way. they've just been voted one of the winners of this year's earthshot prize. the bbc�*s nikhil inamdar reports from western india. here's a shocking statistic. more than a third of all fruits and vegetables grown in india end up in landfills like these. these solar—powered dryers could be one solution to this big problem. all operated by rural women, they use natural heat in three different ways to completely suck out moisture from fresh produce. so this isn't exactly a high tech device at all with any complex technology, electronics or chips. but these dryers expand the life cycle of basic perishables, like onions, for instance, or tomatoes that would have otherwise rotted. it's a lofty goal, but tech solutions like these, if scaled up, can help transform the lives of some of india's poorest communities. nikhil inamdar, bbc news in aurangabad, india. this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. a shift on bo

sa s. and that's all the sport for now. many people might have heard of �*phishing' — the technology—based scam that uses emails, text messagesuse it to get e—mails and passwords off of them. there's a new con to watch out for now — fraudulent qr codes. action fraud uk figures indicate the number of reported scams involving qr codes has nearly quadrupled in less than three years. well, dan whitworth from bbc radio 4's money box joins us now. good morning, qr codes are everywhere. scan to read the menu, get your train timetable, joining wi—fi, tell us more about this scan. the problem is when criminals co—opt the qr codes into their fraud. they often stick a fake qr code over the genuine one. as you know, when you scan it with your camera, a link comes up directing you to a website. if it is a criminal qr code, it will take you to a criminal website where you will be asked to enter your card details or payment like a car park, stereotypically. as soon as you do that, your personal details are being harvested. give it a couple of days and weeks, they will call you from your bank and as soon as the con is on, as soon as they hav

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