The document discusses GrainPro, a company that develops post-harvest storage technologies to reduce food losses and improve quality of life. Their hermetic storage units provide pesticide-free storage of grains and other dry foods to eliminate losses from insects and fungi. This improves food availability and the environment by reducing the need for chemical pesticides. The storage units are portable and can help store food for relief operations in disaster situations.

1. Quality Preservation of
Dry Agricultural Commodities
¨short and long term food storage without the use of pesticides, insect-free; eliminate losses¨
¨short and long term food storage without the use of pesticides, insect-free; eliminate losses¨
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2. Company Profile Founded in 1992, GrainPro aims to improve the quality of life,
particularly in less developed countries, by reducing world hunger and
improving the environment. GrainPro achieves these benefits by
developing and marketing post harvest technologies for food grains
and other dry food commodities, as well as by providing custom
enclosures for emergency relief work. These GrainPro products are
known as Cocoons tm and GrainSafestm and have been used in over 20
countries.
Reducing GrainPro’s on-farm and village level hermetic storage units also
World Hunger prevent loss of germination capacity in stored seed. They significantly
reduce post-harvest losses of food supply among both small and large
farmers, particularly throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Reduction of these losses means much more food is available for
family consumption and for local markets.
For international food relief to poor and war-torn countries,
transportability and fast set-up time of these hermetic storage units
are essential. GrainPro also strives to help in disaster situations by
providing:
* Customized enclosures to meet both food and non-food needs.
* Grain handling and storage logistics for relief operations.
* Technical backup and training for grain storage and handling
installations.
Improving the GrainPro’s pesticide-free hermetic storage units provide long or
Environment medium term organic storage, eliminating the need for chemical
insecticides and fumigants and their associated risks to farmers,
agricultural laborers, consumers and wildlife, as well as to the
environment and specifically the ozone layer. Even the worst insect
infestations are rapidly controlled without chemical insecticides by
GrainPro’s hermetic storage units. Fungi do not grow in the low
oxygen atmosphere of the Cocoons or GrainSafes, and therefore
harmful aflatoxins do not spread.
In 1999, GrainPro introduced its patent-applied-for Vacuum Hermetic
Fumigation (VHF) storage for high value commodities such as coffee,
cocoa and spices. GrainPro and its partners also invented the patent-
applied-for PITS “Pesticide-Free Integrated Transportation and
Storage” system, currently in field use. Both systems are now
available for fumigation/storing high value crops. Pesticide free
“fumigation” typically is done in less than three days at room
temperature. For crushable, high value commodities such as figs, G-
HF Cocoonstm (Gas Hermetic Fumigation) use of CO2 to achieve the
same pest-free results in storage.
Portable GrainPro storage systems can be used indoors or outdoors
and be erected on any flat surface in minutes to hours, depending on
the product.

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Advantages of the Cocoon
No need for any toxic storage pesticides and fumigants.
“Green” product fits demands of organic growers.
Mobility: units can be assembled and disassembled
within minutes.
No need for any infrastructure.
Life span of over ten (10) years.
Completely gas and water tight; UV resistant.
Tested under all climatic conditions.
Rodent-resistant design.
Insects die due to lack of oxygen.
Inhibits growth of fungi, resulting aflatoxins. 13 month rice seed storage BRAC, 2003 Bangladesh
* Wheat in bags.
GrainPro Inc.
200 Baker Ave, Suite 309, Concord MA 01742, USA
Tel.+1-978-371-7118 Fax +1-978-371-7411 sales@grainpro.com
Regional Office Asia/Africa , 3C Carmel Suites,
15 Chronicle St., West Triangle,
Quezon City 1004, Philippines salesasia@grainpro.com
Tel.+63-2-4110330 / 4136003 Fax +63-2-3720612

5. GRAINPRO
COCOONS TM
200MT Hermetic Cocoon storing milled rice in the Philippines
with Grain Shade
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GrainPro Cocoons: Built on Time Tested Methods in the Fight Against Hunger. Hermetic storage has
been used for thousands of years. People sealed grains in under ground caverns or ceramic vessels
which are still being discovered with the contents intact. Traditional methods of underground
hermetic storage are used today in the drier
regions of several African and Asian countries.
Until now twentieth century attempts to advance
hermetic storage failed because materials were
not UV protected, were insufficiently
impermeable to oxygen and carbon dioxide and
also because early designs were not based upon
scientific entomology and field tests. Key
advances that make GrainPro Cocoons a success
are: (1) The advent of space age barrier plastics
and simple hermetic zippers; (2) Our scientific
approach to rigorous laboratory and field testing;
(3) Our emphasis on simple, practical designs Storage of 150MT of corn in K igali,Rwanda.
that withstand adverse conditions.
Applications:
Storage of all types of grain in bags.
Storage of seeds (hermetic storage preserves germination potential for many months)
Storage of herbs, spices, beans, lentils, coffee, cocoa, dried fruits, flour.
Three Cocoon forms adapted for various applications: Organic Hermetic Storage, Gas
(CO2) Hermetic Fumigation (G-HF) and Vacuum Hermetic Fumigation (V-HF).

6. Grainpro Inc.
Regional Office Asia/Africa , 3C Carmel Suites,
15 Chronicle St., West Triangle,
Quezon City 1004, Philippines salesasia@grainpro.com
Tel.+63-2-4110330 / 4136003 Fax +63-2-3720612
www.grainpro.com
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