Hermetic storage systems for maize stored on subsistence farms

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2013, ASABE 2013

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 802-809

  Bern, C J ^a   Yakubu, A ^a   Brumm, T J ^a   Rosentrater, K A ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Grain; Hermetic grain storage; Maize storage; Postharvest grain loss

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONTAINERS; COSTS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); MAMMALS; OILS AND FATS; RECYCLING; STEEL STRUCTURES;

GALVANIZED STEELS; GRAIN LOSS; GRAIN STORAGE; IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY; PREDICTION ACCURACY; RECYCLED PLASTICS; STORAGE SYSTEMS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

EID: 84881646628     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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