Pictured from right to left: Lauren Howe, Subash Karki of CGED Nepal, Mr. Dawa Sherpa (farmer and husband), and Mrs. Laxmi Sherpa (Dawa’s wife) Nearly six months ago, an NGO called Centre for Green Economy Development Nepal (CGED Nepal) found the Horticulture Innovation Lab chimney solar dryer manual online from a Google search of alternative technologies for solar drying. “The chimney dryer seemed affordable, simple, and easy to construct,” they shared with me as we sipped dudh chiya (milk tea) in their office. CGED Nepal reached out to the Horticulture Innovation Lab over the summer to share their experiences building and using the dryer, which they hope to offer to farmers as part of their suite of alternative energy technologies for sustainable development, agricultural livelihoods and income generation. As luck and life would have it, I’m now in Nepal conducting my International Agricultural Development (IAD) MS thesis research, which involves piloting the chimney solar dryer ...