New hope for storage of bumper crops

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  • Published On: May 09, 2012
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With a bumper wheat crop expected again this year, the Punjab government is experimenting with something called hermetic cocoons to solve the problem of rotting food grains. In this method, foodgrain is sealed in a PVC cocoon which is made air tight and sealed. But will this private-government partnership work in solving the foodgrain management issue that surfaces every year?

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