Rice for food security: Revisiting its production, diversity, rice milling process and nutrient content

NA Mohidem, N Hashim, R Shamsudin, H Che Man - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
Rice is food consumed regularly and is vital for the food security of over half the world's
population. Rice production on a global scale is predicted to rise by 58 to 567 million tonnes …

Comparative utility of hermetic and conventional grain storage bags for smallholder farmers: a meta‐analysis

TN Ngoma, M Monjerezi, JF Leslie… - Journal of the …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Postharvest management is critical to attaining household food, nutrition, and income
security. Hermetic grain storage bags offer an effective pesticide‐free way to protect stored …

Effect of storage duration and storage technologies on pest infestations and post-harvest quality loss of stored sesame seeds in Ethiopia

M Berhe, B Subramanyam, G Demissie… - Journal of Stored …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sesame seeds, being a crucial traditional oilseed crop in Ethiopia, face challenges related
to storage and insect pests that can adversely affect their quality and quantity. Farmers often …

Improvements within the peanut production chain to minimize aflatoxins contamination: An Ethiopian case study

C Cervini, C Verheecke-Vaessen, T He, A Mohammed… - Food Control, 2022 - Elsevier
Peanuts (Arachis hypogaea L.) are a worldwide crop appreciated by consumers and known
to have several health benefits (eg decreasing risk of cardiovascular diseases, lowering LDL …

Performance of five postharvest storage methods for maize preservation in Northern Benin

D Baributsa, ON Bakoye, B Ibrahim, LL Murdock - Insects, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa lose grain to insect pests
during storage. To reduce these losses, several storage technologies are available for sale …

Effectiveness of grain storage facilities and protectants in controlling stored-maize insect pests in a climate-risk prone area of Shire Valley, Southern Malawi

CD Singano, BM Mvumi, TE Stathers - Journal of Stored Products Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Shire Valley is one of Malawi's most vulnerable areas to climate change (CC). In addition to
other impacts, CC is expected to affect storage insect pest status, and the efficacy of grain …

Breeding elite cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp] varieties for improved food security and income in Africa: Opportunities and challenges

AMF Gomes, N Nhantumbo… - … and Breeding for …, 2019 - books.google.com
Abstract Cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp, is among the most important grain legumes
in Africa. Its nutritional value and biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) potential coupled with a …

Effect of sub-optimal moisture levels on the quality of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) during storage in triple-layer hermetic storage bags

Y Swathi, P Rajanikanth, SN Jella… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Storage is an important aspect of groundnut, as the in-shell and shelled kernels are prone to
infestation by insects, pests, and fungi. Among several storage pests, the groundnut bruchid …

[HTML][HTML] Novel foodborne source of Xerochrysium xerophilum (Pitt) Pitt, raw peanuts stored at low moisture and high CO2

RS Arias, VA Orner, VS Sobolev, AN Massa… - Journal of Stored …, 2024 - Elsevier
Peanut seed is ideally stored at low water activity (aw) and low temperature, since common
mycotoxigenic fungi cannot survive below 0.8 aw, and the life cycle of seed-infesting insects …

Evaluating of hermetic bags for long-term storage of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) rhizomes

NR Yewle, KC Swain, S Mann, DS Dhakre - Journal of Stored Products …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hermetical and traditional storage bags were evaluated for their effect on the postharvest
storage of turmeric at laboratory conditions. The traditional Polypropylene (PP) woven bags …