Post-Harvest Home Storage (2014) Trial Report
Substantial post-harvest loss can occur when grain is harvested at the wrong time, improperly dried, damaged during handling, or infected by pests or fungi. Farmers also benefit from post-harvest storage technologies as it allows them to store the harvest and sell grain when prices are high, often several months after the crop was harvested. One Acre Fund sought to identify and scale technologies that are low-cost, easy to adopt, and have a high financial impact on households. This report shares the results of trials that One Acre Fund held to test strategies to improve compliance with the home storage loan and plastic tarps to make it easier for farmers to dry their grain to achieve correct moisture content.
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