Philippe Villers - Grainpro

Presented by Philippe Villers, President, GrainPro, Inc.

“A Green, Not Only For Profit Company”

Improving food security by

reducing post harvest losses

Presented at AgriBusiness Forum 2011Johannesburg - October 17, 2011

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What I want to talk about:

At the heart of improving post harvest drying and storage for a hungry and

poverty-troubled world, is the widespread application of simple, affordable, modern technology –

we like to call it:

“The Green Revolution, Phase II, the Storage Revolution”

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The Green Revolution, Phase IIThe Storage Revolution

v Section 1: Current Food Security Issues

v Section 2: Causes of Post Harvest Losses

v Section 3: What is being Done Now?

v Section 4: What next?

v Section 5: Bringing the Market to the Farmer


World Bank Statement:

“The World Bank Group, including the International Finance Corporation (IFC), its private sector investment arm,

recognizes that postharvest loss reduction should become one of the medium-term pillars of investment in

agriculture…The World Bank and IFC also integrate postharvest loss in many of our agricultural projects.”

-Robert B. Zoellick, President, The World Bank

August, 2011

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Maize Losses20-25%

Sorghum

East African from the World Bank Report:

“Missing Food: The Case of Post Harvest Grain Losses in Sub-Saharan Africa – 2011”


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30 °C = 86 °F

Indian meal mothLife cycle 30-60 days30-200 eggs/lifetime

(86 °F)

(Centigrade)


Current Food Security Issues

INSECTS

Aflatoxin Producing Molds

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To protect consumers, often restricted to <10 PPB


Regulations on Permissible Levels

To protect consumers, often restricted to <10PPB

In 2010, 10% of the Kenya maize crop had to be destroyed because of excessive

aflatoxin levels.

Permissible Aflatoxin Levels


An estimated 4.5 billion people in developing countries are at risk of uncontrolled, or poorly controlled exposure to AF.

Up to 40% commodities in local African markets exceed allowable levels of AF for foods.

A cross sectional study in Ghana shows that immune systems of HIV infected people are significantly modified if they have above median levels of natural exposure to AF.

People with a high AF biomarker status in The Gambia and Ghana were more likely to have active Malaria.

Research on Aflatoxins (AF)~Dr. J.H. Williams, University of Georgia


What is Airtight Hermetic Storage?

A Modern “Green” solution to Safe Storage Up to One Year

Low O2 / high CO2 environment kills living insects & suppresses new development without pesticides

Gas-tight storage Facility (1-2% Oxygen)(to all to common 25% losses!)

Prevents growth of mold producing aflatoxins (decreasing vulnerability to cancer & HIV)

Prevents increase in Free Fatty Acids (FFAs)

Moisture level remains constant


Afghanistan, Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkino Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, China,

Cyprus, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea,

Ethiopia, France, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea Bissau, Hawaii, Honduras,

India, Indonesia, Israel, India, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Lesotho,

Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mauritania, Mozambique, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands,

Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Senegal, Singapore, Sri

Lanka, Sudan, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, East Timor, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda,

United Arab Emirate, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe


Hermetic Storage Today…in 86 Countries

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Examples of Hermetic Storagefrom Around the World


Corn in SGBsManju Khanal is a member of a small farmer cooperative

She stores corn in SGBs (SuperGrainbags™) in Mulpani

Village, Nepal.

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Nepalese Small Farmer Stores Her CornCOOPS & SMALL FARMERS


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Training

COOPS & SMALL FARMERS

South Sudan, 2011

Training on 50-tonne Cocoon Training class



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Long Term Green Coffee StorageMonte de Oro Cooperative, Costa Rica


COOPS & SMALL FARMERSGuatemala – Coffee in SuperGrainbag™

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Coffee Beans in SGB with Protective Jute bag


Collapsible Dryer Case (CDC)™

SeedsSanta Marta, Colombia

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World Food Program (WFP)Corn, Guatemala, 2011

1 tonne GrainSafe™


TRADERS

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SuperGrainbags™ Sold at Retail in Ghana

Trader with Corn in SuperGrainbags™, Ghana


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Large Scale Hermetic Storage

Loading Corn in a Cocoon-Rwanda Seed storage in Rwanda

Indoor or Outdoor


Warehouses & Large Outdoor Stores

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Cocobod, Ghana

Cocoa StoragePrevents Growth of FFAs & Aflatoxins

Cargill, PhilippinesCorn for Feed

150-Tonne Cocoons


Processors & Exporters

PROCESSORS & EXPORTERSTranSafeliner™

for Intercontinental Shipments - Guatemala

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Loading a TranSafeliner™ (TSL™)

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“Hermetic Storage of Rice is becoming increasingly popular

across Asia, and for good reason – as well as being transportable, it is

better than air-conditioned storage and almost as good as a cold room, at a

fraction of the cost.”

~Rice Today - January-March 2009, Martin Gummert, IRRI

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IRRI(International Rice Research Institute)

GrainSafe Small Farmer – Don Ernesto

AMERICAS - Through WFP-P4PGuatemala Small Farmer

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Storage of Maize -- 1 Tonne GrainSafes™

CorpsNiger

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Hermetically Stored Chick Peas

Without the SGBs Color Change = 20%

With Use of SGBs Color change = 0%

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AFRICA - Through Mercy CorpsNiger

Private / Public Partnershipmeru, Kenya GrainKeep™ Center in 2011

KPMC / USAID / GrainPro Project


Key Components:

Cocoons for CropsCollapsible Dryer Case™Small Office / Test Lab

Test EquipmentShed-Shelling

Bagging / Cleaning


GrainKeep Center™ Project Goals

• Building the capacity of farming communities, women, men & youths to effectively participate in sustainable cereal production.

• Aggregate 2,400 MT of grain for food security and trade, at hedged market prices.

• Intermediation in contract farming and forward supply contracts for the cereal sector.

• Enhancement of payment systems to support value chain linkages including inventory management systems.

• Undertake rigorous M&E to help us scale up and be sustainable.

We undertake extensive farmer training starting from production, post harvest management of crop to gaining better paying markets, all geared towards improving their productivity and incomes



We encourage women participation in this project because this generates benefits to household nutrition, children’s education, and financial savings and investment

… but more than storage matters

Processing * Threshing * Grinding

* Grading * Other Services

Storage * Food security * Low-risk storage * Fee per bag/month

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Over time

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Sold to: * Farmers * Traders *Government * NGOs

Weacceptin-kindPayment

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cashto servethemost farmers

Trading * Purchase upfront * Sell in bulk to

large off-takers

Hedging * Purchase upfront * Hold as price rises * Sell to market

Sold to: * Large buyers * Brokers *Government * NGOs


BEFORE TODAY



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Impact So Far• Established a pilot project in collaboration with NIB

within the Bura Irrigation Scheme (Coast Province) benefitting 2000 households, extended to Meru (Eastern Province) and will be going to northern Kenya (Turkana)

• 610 MT grain aggregated by end April mainly for food security, traders coming on board, WFP registration

• Aflatoxins field testing on-going, no major issues

• Farmers keep to adopt technology and post harvest best practices. Understand how to leverage technology and to work as groups to gain better market prices


SummaryForms of Modern Post Harvest Storage Solutions

Airtight Storage 60kg – 1000 tonnes


GrainKeep Center™

SGB™

Cocoon™ TSL™

GrainSafe™

CDC™

THANK YOU!Questions? Comments?

Let's Discuss!

Philippe Villers, President, GrainPro, Inc.200 Baker Avenue, Concord, MA 01742

USA [email protected]

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