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Updated: 06/3/2010

"Hermetic Technology used for storage and shipping" Coffee and Cocoa International, March 2010

"Cafe Imports Experiment" Roast Magazine, July - August 2008, vol. 5 issue, by R. Luke Harris, PhD, A. Miller*

"Breakthrough in storing high quality coffee" Tea & Coffee Trade Journal 2005, by Steve Aronson, Raul Raudales, Rich Trubey and Philippe Villers

"Innovations in seed storage methods" published in Asian Seed & Planting Material, vol. Jan-Feb 2005, by Tom de Bruin

"Safe Storage of Grains in the Tropics" published in Feed Technology Update Vol 1 Issue 3, 2006, by Philippe Villers, Tom de Bruin and Shlomo Navarro

"Quality preservation of green or parchment coffee in the tropics" Indian Coffee Vol LXX no.2 Feb 2006, p.22-23

"Storing up Problems?" Crucial factors in the handling of coffee and cocoa beans before, during, and after shipment from origin, and the way they affect the final product. Reprint from Coffee & Cocoa International September 2002

"The effect of moisture level on high-moisture maize (Zea mays L.) under hermetic storage conditions" by Z.G.Weinberg, Y.Yan, Y.Chen, S.Finkelman, G.Ashbell and S.Navarro in Journal of Stored Products Research 44 (2008) p.136-144. Article describing the basics of the technology enabling storage of high moisture corn.

"Storing Cocoa Beans in the Tropics" by Tom de Bruin describes the scientific principle underlying hermetic storage as an environmentally acceptable way to preserve the quality of cocoa beans stored in tropical climates. From Coffee & Cocoa International (2008) March issue.

"Use of biogenerated atmospheres of stored commodities for quality preservation and insect control, with particular reference to cocoa beans"  by S. Navarro a.o. in Integrated Protection of Stored Products, IOBC/wprs Bulletin Vol.30 (2) 2007 197-204

"Development of Hermetic Storage Technology (CAF Conference 2008)" GP Doc # P42015PV2008