What are the main factors that determine post-harvest losses of grains?

Bendinelli, William Eduardo; Su, Connie Tenin; Péra, Thiago Guilherme; Filho, José Vicente Caixeta

doi:10.1016/j.spc.2019.09.002

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“…The analysis over the past five years has shown a trend towards a decrease in the number of the grain harvesters on the farms (figure 2). According to the Federal State Statistics Service and [9][10][11][12], the number of the sown areas, yield and gross harvest of the grain crops show the dynamics that clearly does not correlate with the number of the combine harvesters (figures [3][4][5].…”

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An integrated intelligent system for managing the efficiency of the production processes

Kataev

Markvo

2021

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Most agricultural enterprises in the Rostov region of the Russian Federation operate the mechanization equipment that differs significantly in terms of the duration of operation and operating time. Significant differentiation of the agricultural machines in terms of service life, operating time and, as a result, reliability leads to the fact that the efficiency of the functioning of the machines is potentially not the same. With non-optimal planning of the production processes in the crop production, certain losses are possible which are associated with delaying the time of work due to the low reliability of the machines, or, on the contrary, a decrease in the efficiency of using mechanization tools with high reliability rates. The consequences of the unsuccessful management decisions are most acutely manifested in the implementation of the harvesting processes, therefore, the aspects of managing the efficiency of the grain crops harvesting processes are considered in the work. The main means of the mechanization during grain harvesting is the combine harvester. Attention is focused on the use of the modern intelligent technologies for managing the production processes in the crop cultivation under the conditions of uncertainty in the environment.

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An integrated intelligent system for managing the efficiency of the production processes

Kataev

Markvo

2021

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“…Implementation of a set of maintenance activities reduces the operating time of combine harvesters, thereby reducing the total threshing and harvested area, that is, the actual performance of the grain harvesting process [7].…”

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Performance analysis of the process of combine harvesting of grain crops

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The effectiveness of combine harvesting processes is one of the most important indicators of planting enterprises, as it largely determines the efficiency of the entire organization. One of the problems in assessing the effectiveness of combine harvesters is the determination of the planned performance of machines with rated productivity. The paper considers approaches to determining the planned and actual performance of the processes of combine harvesting of grain crops. The factors affecting the decrease in the performance of combines have been studied. The analysis of data on the wheat harvesting process in local organizations of the South of Russia during 2014-2019 has been carried out. The results of calculating the planned and actual performance of wheat harvesting processes in these farms are presented.

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“…This quantity of food loss equates to the annual worth of cereal imports to SSA and exceeds the value of food aid supplied to SSA in a decade [15] [16]. Food that is lost or squandered on its way to consumption signifies a waste of resources in terms of land, labor, water, and other resources used to produce the food in vain [17] [18]. Because of the criticality of post-harvest food loss reduction, the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) emphasize raising global awareness of the issue.…”

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Grain Hermetic Storage Adoption in Northern Uganda: Awareness, Use, and the Constraints to Technology Adoption

Okori¹,

Cherotich²,

Abaca³

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Post-harvest storage losses (PHLs) remain significant in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) due to several factors mainly insect pests and molds. Hermetic storage technologies (HSTs) are being promoted to address these storage losses. In Uganda, HSTs were first introduced in 2012. However, its use among farming households remains low today. Data were collected from 306 smallholder farmers from four districts of Northern Uganda using a pre-tested semistructured questionnaire to understand their knowledge, use, and constraints to the adoption of hermetic storage. A multivariate Logit regression model was used to find the significance of the factors affecting adoption. Results showed low awareness and use of hermetic storage among smallholder farmers. Only 53.3% of the interviewed farmers were aware of the use of hermetic storage for grain storage. The SuperGrain bag was the most known form of hermetic storage (35.3%), followed by the Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS) bag (34.9%), metallic silo (15.5%), and plastic silo (14.4%). Hermetic storage use was even lower as only 17.6% of the surveyed farmers were using one or more forms of hermetic storage to store their grains. Insect pest management without chemical insecticides was the main reason (83.1%) for hermetic storage use. About 75.5% of those aware of hermetic storage had received training in the technology. Hermetic storage use in farming households led to improved food availability, household income, and nutrition. Lack of local availability (50.2%), high costs (37.8%), and inadequate knowledge (6.

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What are the main factors that determine post-harvest losses of grains?

Cited by 37 publications

References 26 publications

An integrated intelligent system for managing the efficiency of the production processes

An integrated intelligent system for managing the efficiency of the production processes

Performance analysis of the process of combine harvesting of grain crops

Grain Hermetic Storage Adoption in Northern Uganda: Awareness, Use, and the Constraints to Technology Adoption

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