@article{Ndegwa:212524,
      recid = {212524},
      author = {Ndegwa, Michael and De Groote, Hugo and Gitonga, Zachary  and Bruce, Anani},
      title = {Effectiveness and Economics of Hermetic Bags for Maize  Storage: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial in Kenya},
      address = {2015},
      number = {1008-2016-79879},
      pages = {24},
      year = {2015},
      abstract = {Maize is a very important crop in Africa whose production  is seasonal but consumption continuous. This makes it  important to store it on-farm especially for the small  scale farmers, but the traditional storage methods lead to  high losses. This calls for more research and investment in  improved storage technologies such as hermetic bags.
A  randomized controlled trial was implemented in Kenya with  treatment farmers using hermetic bags and control farmers  conventional farmer practices. Hermetic bags were highly  effective in controlling loss to an abated loss of 8.5%  valued at KSh 307(US$ 3.6) for one season and KSh 918 (US$  10.7) for three seasons, the recommended minimum times a  bag can be re-used. The technology is economically viable  with a benefit cost ratio of 1.6 for one season and 4.8 for  three seasons.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/212524},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.212524},
}