Grain Shell Bags
Grain Storage Present Situation in India
20 to 30% of the total grain value quantity/quality is lost between harvest and consumption.
If we reduce grain storage loses to 5% we can make huge difference.
Grain Supply Chain:
During the crop transition from farm to consumer, It has to under go several operations such as
- Harvesting
- Threshing
- Cleaning
- Drying
- Storage
- Processing
- Transportation
During this movement crop is lost due to several factors such as improper handling, inefficient processing facilities, biodegradation due to micro organism and insects.
The storage loses are affected by several factors, which can be classified into two categories.
Biotic factors insect, pest, rodent, fungi.
Abiotic factors temperature, humidity rain.
Anaerobic Storage/Hermetic Storage/Sealed Storage/Airtight Storage is popularly as a storage method for cereals, pulses, oil seeds, coffee and cocoa beans due to its effectiveness and avoidance of the use of chemicals and pesticides . This method creates an automatic modified atmosphere of high carbon dioxide concentration in airtight Water Proof Structure.
The Grain shell Air tight bags is grain storage solution developed basically for small Indian farmers.
It’s made of a multi layer Polyethylene material(PE) with high barrier properties low permeability of air and moisture to enter the bag.
It’s designed to use multiple times
The Grain shell Airtight bags has twist and tie closing mechanism
Its effectively stops aflatoxin growth. Grains can be stored organically, No Chemicals, Pesticides, insecticides, No fumigation chemicals used. Can be used for storage of grains organically.
It’s efficient in preserving grains germination quality and seed viability seed vigor. It can be further enhance preservation of grains by oxygen can be removed from bag to speed up oxygen depletion using oxygen Absorbers.
Capacity:
Product Specification Material:
High Strength polyethylene with barrier properties.
Thickness Micron : 100 - 150 Micron
Product life 2 to 3 years
Green Technology:
The Grain Shell Bags consists of multi layer polyethylene (PE) to produce the hermetic storage/Anaerobic Storage/Air tight Storage that can be safely protect stored grains. The grain shell bags act as air tight and creates a level of isolation to preserve the flavor, freshness and aroma colour of stored grains.
The Agricultural commodities grains, spices, nuts, oil seeds, pulses, cocoa been, coffee beans stored in grain shell bags it is totally isolated from the environment outside the bag.
There is generally in atmosphere 20.9% Oxygen, 79% nitrogen and 0.03% CO
2.
Insect Respiration:
In warm tropical climate, the Oxygen intake by insect is very intensive, therefore Oxygen depletion and carbon dioxide elevation is very fast. Conversely in temperate climates, insect metabolism is much slower, hence oxygen depletion is much lower and carbon dioxide elevation is slower, hence insect survive longer in temperate climate.
Anaerobic storage solution means Air tight or Water Proof
Anaerobic Storage:
- The Commodities is stored in air tight storage, the ecosystem is modified.
- High level of CO2 kill living insects and no further new insect development
- Living organism respiration causing O2 depletion and releases CO2.
- Low O2 level prevents myco toxins and aflatoxins development and chemical oxidation.
- This Anaerobic conditions is kept as long as air tight