Journal of
Stored Products and Postharvest Research

  • Abbreviation: J. Stored Prod. Postharvest Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-6567
  • DOI: 10.5897/JSPPR
  • Start Year: 2010
  • Published Articles: 166

Table of Content: January-June 2022; 13(1)

  • View:
  • All
  • Sort by:

March 2022

Field testing of Purdue improved crop storage (PICS) bag maize storage in Haiti

Maize is widely grown by Haitian farmers and its sale is the only income for some. The average farmer produces less than 100 kg per year and postharvest losses average 30%. Purdue improved crop storage (PICS) bags use hermetic storage to decrease post-harvest losses in grain stored on smallholder farms. Our objective was to test PICS bags for long-term, on-farm storage of maize in Haiti. Three each of 50 kg PICS bags...

Author(s): Rithana Mompremier, Carl Bern, Erin Bowers, Thomas Brumm and Dirk Maier  

Abstract
Current Issue
View all articles
View articles in press
SUBSCRIBE TO RSS
SUBMIT MANUSCRIPT
CONFERENCES