1. Access Agriculture Training Video Green gram or mung bean seed and grains need special care during harvesting and storage. Coat the seed with vegetable oil and store them in an earthen pot. Add neem leaves and dry red chillies. Cover the pot with a cotton cloth and a wire mesh to keep out...
  2. Access Agriculture Training Video Farmers use sawdust to store potatoes because they do not have electricity. They can get sawdust cheaply and use it to preserve their potatoes until they can sell them at a good price Available languages Ateso Bambara Chichewa / Nyanja English French Kikuyu...
  3. The Family Preparedness Handbook serves as a compendium of family preparedness ideas. The main purpose of the handbook has been to organize some of the many ideas and methods currently available into a single volume to provide a framework on which families may rely for making the best of basics....
  4. The use of appropriate storage technologies is an important way of improving food security and lowering the risk of famine in the countries of the South. Storage is therefore an integral part of the food cycle. This book focuses on the storage of the staple commodities such as grains and root...
  5. 1987-11-01 This report describes the conduct and results of a trial at Silliman University, Negros, Phillipines to assess the performance of 'Joeseph' bags under humid tropical conditions. No page numbers. Includes booklet
  6. 1975-01-01 TIPS FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES : TOOLS, PRESERVING, DRYING, FREEZING, STORING By the editors of organic gardening and farming. 48 pages, illustrated, photos
  7. 1995-01-01 Agrodok Series no. 31 74 pages, illustrated, tables With post-harvest losses still a major issue for small-scale farmers in the tropics, this revised and updated booklet shows why products deteriorate, and how this process can be delayed or controlled. In addition to a focus on staple foods, a...
  8. 1994-01-01 Promising substances and new areas of investigation are identified and, in addition, results from laboratory and field trials are outlined. It also provides a comprehensive bibliography covering relevant publication of the past 20 years. 58 pages Bulletin 64
  9. 1980-08-01 This report describes the use of naturally occurring materials to protect agricultural produce in storage from insect infestation. 32 pages, tables Tropical Products Institute, G138
  10. 1983-01-01 This booklet discribes the different postharvest problems of vegetables and truits in the tropics and subtropics such as handling, temperature control, chilling injury, atmospheric control, packing and transportation, and storage and processing. 14 pages, tables 10th Anniversary Monograph Series...