Publications

This section provides access to documents covering the many post-harvest activities associated with agricultural commodities. 

El presente Manual tiene por objetivo poner a disposicion de tecnicos y extensionistas, informacion sobre diversas tecnologias que pueden ser aplicadas a nivel rural, para mejorar los sistemas de limpieza, secado y almacenamiento de granos de los peque?os agricultores. Gran parte [...]
Publication (book) 1993 C. Arias (ed.) (Spanish) Download document
Par leur teneur en glucides, les plantes tropicales a racines et a tubercules fournissent une importante base nutritive. Ceci s'applique notamment aux pays africains de la zone tropicale humide, ou ce groupe de produits assure frequemment plus de 50 % [...]
Publication (book) 1993 J. Knoth (French) Download document
The manual is currently comprised of fourteen sections which, according to the prevailing level of knowledge, cover all possible relevant control strategies against the Greater Grain Borer under the Kenyan requirements. Since, in future, certain alterations (such as newly approved [...]
Training Document 1993 S. Sekyembe, G. Maurer, J. Gatimu, J. Nkanya (English) Download document
As carriers of carbohydrates, tropical roots and tubers contribute greatly to securing the basic nutrition. This particularly applies to the countries of the humid tropics in Africa where this group of products often secures over 50% of the nutrients for [...]
Publication (book) 1993 J. Knoth (English) Download document
El objeto del manual es servir como obra de referencia sobre la prevención de las pérdidas de alimentos después de la cosecha. Para fines de capacitación, se abordan diversos cultivos y técnicas, entre los que cada capacitador podrá escoger los [...]
Training Document 1993 John Burden and R.B.H. Wills, Kellogg Smith (Spanish) Download document