Factors Affecting Quality of Grain Stored in Ethiopian Traditional Storage Structures and Opportunities for Improvement
Keywords:
Storage structures, Quality, Stored GrainAbstract
In Ethiopia, like in other developing countries post harvest losses, including storage losses is estimated at 5-26%. Damages or loss of grains vary generally and are a function of crop variety, pest and insects, climate, system of harvesting, system of processing, storage, handling and marketing. Interrelated factors that greatly affect quality of stored grain are grain moisture content, grain temperature, initial condition of the grain, insects and pest and molds.
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