Horrendous storage losses are suffered year after year, with nearly 40 percent of the grain going to waste.

Ensuring food security remains a fundamental goal in Africa. The issue is not necessarily low production, but rather the inability to preserve the quality of their crops. It is not enough to care for field crops throughout the year, but after that, efforts must be made to minimize losses during harvesting, transportation, and storage. Today, for farmers working with advanced techniques and technologies, this is not an impossible task, but in the less developed half of the world, minimizing crop losses is still an unsolved problem. Africa is traditionally considered one of the most backward regions, and the situation is exacerbated by the fact that by the end of the 21st century, the continent's population is expected to increase by an additional 2.3 billion people (to 3.8 billion). Cultivating traditional cereals (corn, wheat, rice) and soybeans will hardly be able to keep up with this, so a fundamental change is needed in this area. Currently, it is not uncommon in Africa for ...