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Corinne Alexander
Reducing Grain Storage Losses on Smallholder Farms
Food Supply Chain WorkshopPrinceton; March 16, 2015
Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS)
Direct Impact of Insect damageQuantitative loss- weight loss
Qualitative loss - toxins, taste, smell
Indirect Impact of Insect damage Excessive use of pesticides
Loss of consumer confidence
• Insecticides are becoming ineffective..
• Consumers demand safe food
Storage Losses
August 2011: Nigeria: Killer Beans -Six Family Members Die After Meal.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201108251105.html
Growing interest in hermetic methods
PICS Bags Metal silo
SuperGrainbag
Scaling-up manufacturing of PICS Bags
2007- 2012PICS1
2007- 2012PICS1
2011-2014PICS2, others2011-2014
PICS2, others
Exploring manufacturing Exploring manufacturing
TechnologyKnowledge
Farmers Farmers Organisations
Cereal banksVolume buyers
Cowpea vendors
Supply bags‐
Supply chain
Create demand‐AwarenessBuilding
Distributors
Semi‐wholesalers Semi‐wholesalers
Manufacturers
VendorsVendorsVendorsVendors
Three Key Components in Reducing Grain Storage Losses
Capacity Building is essential
Project Trained E. Agents
PICS1 2,626
Afghanistan 170
Kenya 150
Vendors 200
Scaling-up extension efforts• Village training- demonstrations• Market demonstrations• FBO and Women groups training • Cowpea traders and processors• Media- Radio, TV, posters, etc.
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Reached 31000 villages+++ Over 200,000 households tested bag 2 million farmers trained in WCA 3.5 million bags sold since 2007
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Fig 3. Cowpea storage methods used by farmers in 2009 in Niger and Burkina Faso, and 2011 in the other countries
PICS Other Hermetic Insecticide Other methods
In just five years on the market in West Africa, PICS bags a commonly used farm cowpea storage method, accounting for about 19% of cowpea stored on farms
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Key constraints to adoption of triple layer bags
Dr. Dieudonne BaributsaDept. of Entomology [email protected]
Acknowledgments
Dr. Corinne Alexander Dept. of Agricultural [email protected]
BM Gates Foundation Extension partnersPrivate SectorFarmersOther partners
