On-Farm Grain Storage and Challenges in Bagmati Province, Nepal
| Autor: | B. W. Smith, A.W. Njoroge, Dieudonne Baributsa, Kabita Kharel, Pragya Kandel, Gokul P. Paudel, Jorge R. Díaz-Valderrama, Ram H. Timilsina |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Geography Planning and Development TJ807-830 Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 01 natural sciences Renewable energy sources Crop Toxicology immune system diseases GE1-350 Stored grain insect pests Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment food and beverages Pesticide Grain storage losses respiratory tract diseases Food insecurity Environmental sciences 010602 entomology Postharvest Environmental science Dhading/Chitwan grain storage extension services 010606 plant biology & botany hermetic storage |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 7959, p 7959 (2021) Sustainability Volume 13 Issue 14 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| Popis: | Farmers in Nepal lose up to one-third of stored grain to pests and diseases. This results in food insecurity and loss of income. To mitigate these losses, farmers use several approaches including pesticide applications on stored grains. We interviewed 241 farmers in Bagmati Province, Nepal, to assess the current on-farm grain storage practices and challenges to improve postharvest management. The results show that rice was the most stored crop (median 1150 kg). About half of farmers stored for at least nine months and grain was mainly used for home consumption. Grain was stored by 66.5 and 69.8% of farmers in granaries (rice) and plastic drums (legumes), respectively. Insects were the most important challenge during storage, and farmers used pesticides to control them. Farmers were more likely to use insecticide on grain (p = 0.000) if they stored rice, used traditional granaries, and had insect damage during storage. The use of improved storage methods (e.g., hermetic bags) was very low for rice (3.5%). There is a need to improve on-farm grain storage by disseminating storage innovations to address postharvest challenges in important crops such as rice. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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