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International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Appropriate Seed and Grain Storage Systems for Small-scale Farmers: Key Practices for DRR Implementers

This brief provides practical guidelines on storage practices and methodologies to assist southern African farmers prone to natural hazards, mainly cyclones, droughts and floods. The target audience for this brief includes NGO staff, extension workers, community development leaders and government officials who work in development, relief or disaster risk reduction (DRR) projects and programmes in hazard prone rural areas in southern Africa. This brief includes a review of the main factors that cause grain and seed deterioration in storage, a description of the main storage pests in southern Africa, and some good practices to reduce the impact of storage pests that follow the principles of integrated pest management (IPM), as well as some examples of traditional and modern storage methods and facilities. Also available in French
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectFarming Systems
PublisherFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Publication year2014
RegionsAfrica
LanguagesFrench; English
Resource typeLearning materials
Resource linkhttp://www.fao.org/3/a-i3769e.pdf
KeywordsTraining, Capacity Building; Seed management
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