Developments in the use of hermetic bags for grain storage

Smallholder farmers’ interest in hermetic bags has been driven by the need to reduce grain storage losses due to insect pests and challenges (inefficacy) of current storage methods. Hermetic bags commercially available for grain storage include single-, double- and triple-layer plastic bags. For the...

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Váldodahkkit: Baributsa, Dieudonne, Concepcion Ignacio, Ma Cristine
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Concepcion Ignacio, Ma Cristine
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description Smallholder farmers’ interest in hermetic bags has been driven by the need to reduce grain storage losses due to insect pests and challenges (inefficacy) of current storage methods. Hermetic bags commercially available for grain storage include single-, double- and triple-layer plastic bags. For the last 12 years, more than 20 million hermetic bags have been sold to smallholder farmers and other users in Africa (primarily) and Asia. The rapid increase in the use of hermetic bags is due to the scalability of both awareness activities, including training to create demand and the supply chain efforts to improve availability through the private sector. Many of these hermetic bags have several benefits including (i) preserving grain without the use of insecticides, (ii) keeping grain in good quality from several months to at least two years, (iii) providing farmers the flexibility to sell when prices are high, and (iv) allowing farmers to store grain and seed using the same technology. Challenges to increase adoption of hermetic bags include limited awareness and availability of the technologies in rural areas, variability in the quality of the hermetic bags, and lack of standards to ensure effectiveness across different products.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-975822024-04-14T10:28:51Z Developments in the use of hermetic bags for grain storage Baributsa, Dieudonne Concepcion Ignacio, Ma Cristine storage losses hermetic bags smallholder farmers developing countries grains thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming::TVK Agronomy and crop production thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming::TVF Sustainable agriculture thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming::TVK Agronomy and crop production thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming::TVF Sustainable agriculture Smallholder farmers’ interest in hermetic bags has been driven by the need to reduce grain storage losses due to insect pests and challenges (inefficacy) of current storage methods. Hermetic bags commercially available for grain storage include single-, double- and triple-layer plastic bags. For the last 12 years, more than 20 million hermetic bags have been sold to smallholder farmers and other users in Africa (primarily) and Asia. The rapid increase in the use of hermetic bags is due to the scalability of both awareness activities, including training to create demand and the supply chain efforts to improve availability through the private sector. Many of these hermetic bags have several benefits including (i) preserving grain without the use of insecticides, (ii) keeping grain in good quality from several months to at least two years, (iii) providing farmers the flexibility to sell when prices are high, and (iv) allowing farmers to store grain and seed using the same technology. Challenges to increase adoption of hermetic bags include limited awareness and availability of the technologies in rural areas, variability in the quality of the hermetic bags, and lack of standards to ensure effectiveness across different products. 2023-03-03T04:00:56Z 2023-03-03T04:00:56Z 2023-02-27T12:20:56Z 2020 chapter ONIX_20230227_9781786767622_3 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/61474 9781786767622 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/97582 eng Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/61474/1/9781786767622_web.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/61474/1/9781786767622_web.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/61474/1/9781786767622_web.pdf Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing 10.19103/AS.2020.0072.06 10.19103/AS.2020.0072.06 7f047d73-123f-4ae5-87fd-34c46926a6f9 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 9781786767622 Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing 28 Cambridge [...] open access
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thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming::TVF Sustainable agriculture
thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming::TVK Agronomy and crop production
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Concepcion Ignacio, Ma Cristine
Developments in the use of hermetic bags for grain storage
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developing countries
grains
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