Agarbatti making is a key home-based livelihood for rural women, but traditional drying methods depend on weather and often cause uneven drying, moisture issues, and loss of fragrance, reducing product quality and income. Hence, there is a need for an affordable smart drying and packaging system suitable for rural household-based production.
Traditional agarbatti drying is slow, weather-dependent, and leads to uneven drying, fragrance loss, fungal growth, and breakage, reducing product quality and income for rural women artisans.
Agarbatti making is a key home-based livelihood for rural women, but traditional drying methods depend on weather and often cause uneven drying, moisture issues, and loss of fragrance, reducing... Hence, there is a need for an affordable smart drying and packaging system suitable for rural household-based production
Traditional agarbatti drying is slow, weather-dependent, and leads to uneven drying, fragrance loss, fungal growth, and breakage, reducing product quality and income for rural women artisans. Therefore, there is a need for a smart solar-powered drying chamber with temperature and humidity control for uniform, hygienic, all-weather drying, along with a low-cost packaging system to preserve fragrance, improve shelf life, and enhance marketability.