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DCG Report 42
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Adugna Haile
On-farm storage studies were conducted in Teraemini, Tukul, Serejeka, Ashera and Hamelmalo sub-zones in Eritrea during 2004/2005, with the objective of finding the damages caused by storage pests under farmers’ situations.
The studies were conducted on chickpea, wheat and sorghum and the treatments used were control check, mixture of sand, small grain (taff) vegetable oil and chemical treatment (Malathox 1%) and they were replicated four times. Data were collected every month and the data collected corresponded to the number of eggs, number of holes, grain damage weight loss and germination percent of the damaged grains.
The highest percent of grain damages were recorded in the untreated control (check), sandgrain and taff-grain mixture treatments. Ash and edible oils had low or no storage pest problems in all the study sites; these materials are easily available to farmers and are environmentally friendly.
Based on the results of the tests, it can be concluded that the best method for storage pest management for subsistence farmers should depend on proper handling of storage systems that include timely harvesting, thoroughly drying of harvested grains before putting in store, cleaning of the store and periodic visit of the store for any pest situation. Insecticides should not be used for the protection of grains during storage since the grains are stored for a short duration and often used for family consumption.
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