Session 3: Managing Harvest & Post-Harvest Losses: A Case Study from the PICS Innovation
Innovations in Post Harvest Management
Session 3: Managing Harvest & Post-Harvest Losses: A Case Study from the PICS Innovation
July 27, 2021
Moderator
Dr. Jake Ricker-Gilbert
Professor of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University
Director - Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Processing and Post-Harvest Handling, Purdue University
Opening Remarks
Introductory video
Dr. Gerald Shively
Associate Dean and Director of International Program in Agriculture, Purdue University
Presentations
The PICS Bag Innovation: A Simple, Safe and Affordable Technology
Dr. Laurie Kitch
Co-Founder and CEO, PICS Global
The Way to Sustainability is Commercialization
Ms. Charlene McKoin
Principal, McKoin International Development
Adoption of PICS Bags in West Africa
Dr. Tahirou Abdoulaye
Senior Agricultural Economist & Director of IITA Sahel hub
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Scaling Post-harvest Innovations: PICS Experience and Lessons Learned
Dr. Dieudonne Baributsa
Associate Professor of Entomology & Director-PICS Program, Purdue University
Questions & Answers
Wrap-up & Closing Remarks
Resources
- Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS)
(Resource, Purdue University, 2021) - PICS 3 Overview
(Resource, PICS Network, 2021) - The PICS Impact: The Hannah Nsiah Story, Ghana
(Video, Purdue Improved Cowpea Storage, 2011) - Measurement of Grain Moisture with Hygrometer
(PDF Info, Purdue Improved Cowpea Storage, 2020) - Cowpea Storage Saves Farmers Millions
(Video, Purdue Improved Cowpea Storage, 2012)
- Developments in the use of Hermetic Bags for Grain Storage
(Report, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, 2020) - What Drives smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for a new farm storage technology?
(Report, Science Direct, 2019) - Subsidies for agricultural technology adoption
(Report, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2019) - Performance of PICS bags under extreme conditions in the Sahel zone of Niger
(Report, Journal of Stored Products Research, 2018) - A Guide on the Use of PICS Bags for Grain Storage
(PDF Report, Purdue Extension, 2015) - Impact of opening hermetic storage bags on grain quality, fungal growth and aflatoxin accumulation
(Report, Journal of Stored Products Research, 2016)
- The use and profitability of hermetic technologies for grain storage among smallholder farmers in eastern Kenya
(Report, Journal of Stored Products Research, 2020) - PICS bags safely store unshelled and shelled groundnuts in Niger
(Report, Journal of Stored Products Research, 2017) - Quality of Maize for sale in markets in Benin and Niger
(Report, Journal of Stored Products Research, 2017) - PICS Technology: Mode of Action, Future Prospects
(Report, Journal of Stored Products Research, 2014)
- Food Safety and Adverse Selection in Rural Maize Markets
(Report, Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2020) - Effects of Hypoxia on Acoustic Activity
(Report, Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2019) - Profitable chemical-free cowpea storage technology for smallholder farmers in Africa
(Report, Julius Kuhn Archive, 2010) - An Initial Investigation of the Potential for Hermetic PICS Bags to Improve Incomes for Maize Producers in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Report, Department of Ag Econ, Purdue University, 2011)