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Titles	Authors	Tags	Publication Date
Postharvest technology resources curated for Farmer Producer Organizations and Self-Help Groups in India	ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss	Drying, Storage	2023
Empoderamento feminino na agricultura: Um estudo de caso no Lar Cooperativa Agroindustrial (Paraná)	Vedana, R.; P. F. A. Shikida, M. O. Garcias, M. Arends-Kuenning	Gender	2023
IFPRI Report: An economic feasibility analysis for private investments in modern food storage and potential public sector roles in promoting such investments	Chowdhury, Reajul Alam; Md. Monjurul Alam, Md. Rostom Ali, Md. Abdul Awal, Shahadat Hossain, Prasanta Kumar Kalita, Chayan Kumer Saha and Alex Winter–Nelson	Food Security, Storage	2021
Spectral kernel sorting based on high-risk visual features associated with mycotoxin contamination reduces aflatoxin and fumonisin contamination in maize from Ghana	Chavez, R.A.; G. Opit, B. Opoku, M.J. Stasiewicz	Food Safety	2023
Trouble with zero: The limits of subsidizing technology adoption	Shukla, P.; H.K. Pullabhotla, K. Baylis	Food Security, PHL Technology, Storage	2022
The economics of reducing food losses: Experimental evidence from improved storage technology in India	Shukla, P.; H.K. Pullabhotla, K. Baylis	Food Security, Storage, PHL Technology	2023
Single kernel aflatoxin and fumonisin contamination distribution and spectral classification in commercial corn	Chavez, R.A., et. al.	Food Safety	2022
Appropriate solution for large scale paddy seed storage in Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC)	Gope, S.N., et. al.	Storage, PHL Technology, Paddy	2022
Hermetic storage technology to reduce postharvest loss of paddy: Farmers to commercial scale	Alam, M.A., et. al.	Storage, PHL Technology, Paddy	2022
BAU-STR dryer for rough rice dying at farmer and small trader level in Bangladesh	Alam, M.A., et. al.	Drying, PHL Technology, Paddy	2020
Effect of paddy drying methods on the performance of rice mills in Bangladesh	Ahamed, Sahabuddin; C.K. Saha, S. Sarkar, M.M. Alam	Drying, PHL Technology, Paddy	2022
Development of a Multipurpose Recirculating Dryer for Drying Parboiled and Aromatic Paddy	Saha, Chayan Kumer, et al.	Drying, PHL Technology, Paddy	2022
Price risk and small farmer maize storage in Sub-Saharan Africa: New insights into a long-standing puzzle	Cardell, Lila; H. Michelson	Storage, Maize, PHL technology	2022
Evaluation of grain moisture measurement methods suited for developing countries	Jafari, Amir; M. Tumbleson, K. Rausch	Moisture management, PHL technology, Drying	2022
Factors associated with harvest and postharvest loss among soybean farmers in Western Paraná State, Brazil	Arends-Kuenning, Mary; et al.	Harvesting, Oilseeds	2022
Variability of Dry Matter Loss Rates of 18% Moisture Soybeans at 35oC	Trevisan, Lucas R., et al.	Drying, Harvesting, Storage, Oilseeds	2017
Use of Moisture Meter on the Post-Harvest Loss Reduction of Rice	Hossain, M.A., et al.	Drying, Storage, Paddy, PHL Technology, Moisture Management	2017
The Effect of Intermediary Market Power on Grain Prices in India	Skidmore, Marin, et al.	Marketing	2017
The Economics of Post-Harvest Loss: A Case Study of the New Large Soybean – Maize Producers in Tropical Brazil	Goldsmith, Peter D., et al.	Harvesting, Maize, Oilseeds, Value Chain	2015
The ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss	Sonka, Steven T.		2012
Sustainable Paddy Harvesting Solution for the Southern Delta of Bangladesh	Hasan, Md. Kamrul, Md. Rostom Ali, Chayan Kumer Saha, Md. Monjurul Alam	Harvesting, Paddy, PHL Technology	2020
Study on Characteristics of Stored Maize Grain in Hermetic Bags and Traditional Methods	Rajak, Dinesh, et al.	Storage, Maize, PHL Technology	2018
Study of Postharvest Technology Interventions for Enhancing Food Security	Jafari, Amir, et al.	Drying, PHL Technology	2017
Scope of BAU-STR in Existing Paddy Drying System of Bangladesh	Saha, Chayan Kumer, Md. Ashraful Alam, Md. Monjurul Alam,et al.	Drying, Paddy, PHL Technology	2018
Scientific Animations Without Borders: An International Collaborative Approach for Building Scientific Educational Materials for Use on Cell Phones and the Internet in Developing Nations	Bello-Bravo, Julia, et al.	PHL Technology	2011
Robust Grain Supply Chain Design Considering Post-Harvest Loss and Harvest Timing Equilibrium	An, Kun, and Yanfeng Ouyang	Storage, Transportation, Marketing, Maize, Oilseeds, Value Chain	2016
Reducing Postharvest Losses during Storage of Grain Crops to Strengthen Food Security in Developing Countries	Kumar, Deepak, and Prasanta Kalita	Storage, Maize, Paddy, Wheat, PHL Technology	2017
Reducing Food Loss and Waste to Enhance Food Security and Environmental Sustainability	Shafiee-Jood, Majid, and Ximing Cai		2016
Prevalence of Insects in Traditionally Stored Rice at Farmhouses in Bangladesh	Hossain, M.A., et. al.	Storage, Paddy, Insects	2021
Postharvest Losses Due to Harvesting Operations in Developing Countries: A Review	Paulsen, Marvin, et al.	Harvesting, Threshing, Paddy, Pulses, Wheat, Maize, Oilseeds, PHL Technology	2015
Performance Evaluation of Modified STR Dryer for Drying of Paddy in Process of Reducing Post-Harvest Losses	Kumar, Ashok, Satish Kumar, Sanoj Kumar, et al.	Drying, Paddy, PHL Technology	2018
Performance Evaluation of Modified STR Dryer	Kumar, Vishal, et al.	Drying	2018
Optimizing the Storage and Transportation of Wheat in Developing Countries	Ibrahim, Hatem, et al	Storage, Wheat, Transportation	2015
Optimizing the Construction and Use of Shared Wheat Storage Facilities	Ibrahim, Hatem, et al	Storage, Wheat	2016
Neural Network Modeling of Drying of Rice in BAU-STR Dryer	Alam, Md. Ashraful, Chayan Kumer Saha, and Md. Monjurul Alam	Drying, Paddy, PHL Technology	2018
Monitoring Grain Bed Conditions during Truck Transport of Soybeans in Brazil	Olsen, Jonathan W.W., et al	Drying, Transportation, Soybeans, Maize, Moisture Management	2018
Mechanical Drying of Paddy Using BAU-STR Dryer for Reducing Drying Losses in Bangladesh	Alam, Md. Ashraful, Chayan Kumer Saha, and Md. Monjurul Alam	Drying, Paddy, PHL Technology	2019
Measurement of Combine Losses for Corn and Soybeans in Brazil	Paulsen, Marvin, et al.	Harvesting, Maize, Oilseeds, PHL Technology	2014
Managerial Factors Affecting Post-Harvest Loss: The Case of Mato Grosso Brazil	Martins, Anamaria Gaudencia, et al.	Value Chain, Maize, Oilseeds	2014
Management of Global Postharvest Losses	Kalita, Prasanta, and Deepak Kumar	Value Chain	2015
Improving Farm Management Optimization: Application of Text Data Analysis and Semantic Networks	Liao, Wei-Ting, Luis Rodriguez, Jana Diesner, et al.		2015
Hermetic Wheat Storage for Small Holder Farmers in India	Somavat, Pavel, Haibo Huang, Sunil Kumar, et al.	Storage, Wheat, PHL Technology	2015
Harvesting: Effects of Crop Maturity and Moisture on Losses	Paulsen, Marvin		2015
Grain Supply Chain Network Design and Logistics Planning for Reducing Post-Harvest Loss	Nourbakhsh, Seyed Mohammad, et al.	Processing, Transportation, Maize, Value Chain	2016
From Tweets to Farm Management: Mining Agricultural Information and Discovering Agricultural Communities in Social Networks	Liao, Wei-Ting, Luis Rodriguez, Anna-Maria Marshall, et al.	Harvesting, Value Chain	2016
Friends or Traders? Do Social Networks Explain the Use of Market Mechanisms by Farmers in India	Songsermsawas, Tisorn, et al.	Value Chain	2015
Food Corporation of India and Public Distribution System: Impacts on Market Integration in Wheat, Rice, and Pearl Millet	Mallory, Mindy, and Kathy Baylis	Marketing	2012
Field Performance of BAU-STR Paddy Dryer in Bangladesh	Saha, Chayan Kumer, Md. Ashraful Alam, Md. Monjurul Alam, et al.	Drying, Paddy, PHL Technology	2017
Efficacy of Diversified Rice Storage Technologies in Bangladesh	Hossain, M.A., et al.	Storage, Paddy, PHL Technology	2019
Eﬀects of Credit and Market Access on Farm Gate Prices in India	Baylis, Kathy, et al.	Marketing	2015
Effect of Hot Air Velocity on Drying Kinetics Undergoing STR Drying of Paddy	Kumar, Ashok, Satish Kumar, Sanoj Kumar, et al.	Drying, Paddy, PHL Technology	2017
Efetividade do hedge de soja em grão brasileira com contratos futuros de diferentes vencimentos na Chicago Board of Trade	Martins, Anamaria Gaudencio, and Danilo R. D. Aguiar	Marketing, Oilseeds	2015
Do Hermetic Storage Technology Significantly Abate Losses of Rice over Time? An Economic Evaluation	Hossain, M.A., et. al.	Storage, Paddy, PHL Technology	2021
Diffusion and Production of Carbon Dioxide in Bulk Corn at Various Temperatures and Moisture Contents	Huang, Haibo, et al.	Drying, Storage, Maize	2013
Development of a Paper-Based Sensor Compatible with a Mobile Phone for the Detection of Common Iron Formulas Used in Fortified Foods within Resource-Limited Settings	Waller, Anna W., et al.	Food Safety, Nutrition	2019
Development of a Grain Monitoring Probe to Measure Temperature, Relative Humidity, Carbon Dioxide Levels and Logistical Information during Handling and Transportation of Soybeans	Danao, Mary-Grace C., et al.	Drying, Storage, Transportation, Oilseeds, Moisture Management	2015
Development and Evaluation of LPG Based Heating System for BAU-STR Dryer	Saha, Chayan Kumer, et al.	Drying, Paddy, PHL Technology	2020
Condition Assessment of Trucks Used for Soybean Transport in Mato Grosso, Brazil	Wilhelmi, Christopher, et al.	Transportation, Oilseeds	2014
Comparison of Respiration Rates from Static and Dynamic Measurement Systems for Soybeans at 18% Moisture and 35oC	Pereira da Silva, Ana B., et al.	Storage, Oilseeds	2017
Comparison of Hermetic Storage of Wheat with Traditional Storage Methods in India	Somavat, Pavel, Haibo Huang, S Kumar, et al.	Storage, Wheat, PHL Technology	2017
Combine Harvester: Impact on Paddy Production in Bangladesh	Hasan, Md. Kamrul, Md. Rostom Ali, Chayan Kumer Saha, Md. Monjurul Alam, et al.	Harvesting, Threshing, Padding, PHL Technology	2019
CO2 Sensing with a 2005 Nm Thulium Holmium Co-Doped Fiber Laser	Zhou, Renjie, et al.	Storage, Maize	2012
Changes in Soybean Quality under Controlled Environmental Conditions Using Static Grain Respiration Measurement System	Pastorelli Latanze, Mariane, et al.	Storage, Oilseeds	2020
A Review of the Methodology of Analyzing Aflatoxin and Fumonisin in Single Corn Kernels and the Potential Impacts of These Methods on Food Security	Chavez, Ruben A., et al.	Maize, Food safety	2020
Role of Effective Parameters on Kinetics and Milling Quality of Paddy Stored in Different Packaging Materials	Kumar, Ashok, Satish Kumar, and Sanoj Kumar	Storage, Processing, Paddy, PHL Technology	2018
When to use one-dimensional, two-dimensional, and Shifted Transversal Design pooling in mycotoxin screening	Cheng, Xianbin, Ruben A. Chavez, Matthew Stasiewicz	Food safety, Maize	2020
In-Country Method Validation of a Paper-Based, Smartphone-Assisted Iron Sensor for the Food Fortification Programs	Andrade, Juan, Anna Waller, Marcela Gaytan Martinez	Food Safety, Nutrition	2020
Measuring Postharvest Loss Inequality: Method and Applications	Miljkovic, Dragan, Alex Winter-Nelson		2021
Farmer Surveys on Postharvest Loss in India	Rani, Anshu	Pulses, Value Chain	2011
Prevention of Wheat Postharvest Loss in China	Chinese Research Center for Rural Economy (RCRE)	Wheat	2014
Evaluation of S4S Solar Grain Dryer for Drying Paddy Seeds	Roy, Dipika, Chayan Kumer Saha, Md. Ashraful Alam, Tumpa Rani Sarker, Md. Monjurul Alam	Drying, Paddy, PHL Technology	2020
Mapping the Production System and the Supply Chain and Study the Crop Losses of Black Gram	MART Global	Paddy, Value Chain	2012
Early Learning Report Global Learning Assessment	Sonka, Steven T.	Value Chain	2014
An Overview of Postharvest Losses of Rice in APEC Economies	U.S.-APEC Technical Assistance to Advance Regional Integration (US-ATAARI)	Paddy	2015
Three Essays on Agriculture, Environment and Human Capital Formation in India	Pullabhotla, Hemant Kumar	Marketing, Storage, PHL Technology, Food Safety	2019
Demand for Certified Aflatoxin-Free Grains	Venkateswaran, Gowthami	Marketing, Paddy, Food Safety	2019
A Summary of Post‐harvest Loss in the Literature	CEE Student Panel		2011
Evaluation of Moisture Meters Suited for Developing Countries	Jafari, A., M. Tumbleson, K. Rausch	Storage, Moisture Management, PHL Technology, Wheat, Maize	2020
Three Essays in Experimental and Behavioral Economics of Technology Adoption in India	Shukla, Pallavi	Storage, Marketing, PHL Technology, Food Safety	2019
Predictions of Maximum Allowable Storage Time of Soybeans Using ASAE D535 and Experimental Dry Matter Loss Data	Steinman, Loren W., et al.	Storage, Oilseeds	2020
Using Improved Storage Technology to Reduce Food Insecurity and Postharvest Losses in India	Shukla, Pallavi, Kathy Baylis, and Hemant Pullabhotla	Storage, PHL Technology	2019
Subsidizing Agricultural Technology Adoption: An Experimental and Behavioral Economics Approach	Shukla, Pallavi, Hemant Pullabhotla, and Kathy Baylis	Storage, PHL Technology	2020