TY  - BOOK
AU  - Iqbal,Muhammad Qasir
AU  - Ilangantileke,S.G.
AU  - Jindal,Vinod Kumar
AU  - Athapol Noomhorm,
AU  - Vincent,Jean-Claude
ED  - The British Government., 
TI  - Performance study of different farm level potato storage practices in Pakistan
T2  - Thesis
PY  - 1994///
CY  - Bangkok
PB  - Asian Institute of Technology
KW  - Potatoes
KW  - Pakistan
KW  - Fruit
KW  - Storage
N1  - A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master  of Engineering, School of Environment, Resources & Development; Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1994
N2  - A study was conducted to investigate the performance of different on-farm potato  storage systems. A red-skinned potato variety Desiree was stored for three months (March  through May). Three improved systems, the naturally ventilated clamp, the forced  ventilated clamp and the evaporative cooled storage structure were studied, keeping an  unventilated clamp (farmer's practice) as control. The percent weight loss, percent  sprouting, specific gravity, dry matter content, rotting and firmness of the stored potato  were major parameters investigated in four storage systems. Sampling cells were installed  in the potato heaps of all storage systems, to facilitate observation of potatoes at the top,  center and bottom of the heaps, at weekly intervals.  Temperature and relative humidity of ambient as well as inside the storage systems  was observed regularly, throughout storage. The storage systems were also analyzed in  terms of costs incurred per ton of potato storage. Net benefits and benefit cost ratios were  calculated for each system, based on the market price of the stored potatoes, at regular  intervals.  Results indicated that, of the four storage systems, the highest weight losses (24% ),  in terms of moisture loss, sprouting and rotting were in the unventilated clamp. Total  weight losses for the naturally ventilated clamp, the forced ventilated clamp and the  evaporative cooled store were found to be 13.3%, 10.5%, and 6%, respectively. The  evaporative cooled store had the highest storage cost, but the higher market price obtained  for potatoes stored in this system and lowest storage losses proved this system best of the  four, in terms of net benefits.
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