1. Fumigation plays a crucial role in preventing storage losses by using chemical treatments to eliminate pests, such as insects and rodents, within stored produce, thereby protecting the quality and quantity of grains and other stored agricultural products.

    Fumigation plays a crucial role in preventing storage losses by using chemical treatments to eliminate pests, such as insects and rodents, within stored produce, thereby protecting the quality and quantity of grains and other stored agricultural products.

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  2. Properly drying produce before storage is essential to prevent mold growth, insect infestations, and spoilage. Adequate drying reduces moisture levels, ensuring long-term preservation of quality and reducing post-harvest losses.

    Properly drying produce before storage is essential to prevent mold growth, insect infestations, and spoilage. Adequate drying reduces moisture levels, ensuring long-term preservation of quality and reducing post-harvest losses.

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  3. Before storing grains, ensure thorough cleaning and drying, apply appropriate insecticides, use airtight containers, maintain optimal temperature and humidity, conduct regular inspections, and rotate stock. Implementing these measures helps prevent pest infestation and spoilage.

    Before storing grains, ensure thorough cleaning and drying, apply appropriate insecticides, use airtight containers, maintain optimal temperature and humidity, conduct regular inspections, and rotate stock. Implementing these measures helps prevent pest infestation and spoilage.

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  4. Control storage losses by maintaining proper ventilation, controlling temperature and humidity, using pest-resistant storage materials, applying pest control treatments, ensuring cleanliness, and conducting regular inspections to detect and address issues early.

    Control storage losses by maintaining proper ventilation, controlling temperature and humidity, using pest-resistant storage materials, applying pest control treatments, ensuring cleanliness, and conducting regular inspections to detect and address issues early.

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  5. Storage losses reduce food availability, decrease farmers' income, increase prices, contribute to food insecurity, cause nutritional deficits, waste resources, and undermine agricultural sustainability and economic stability.

    Storage losses reduce food availability, decrease farmers’ income, increase prices, contribute to food insecurity, cause nutritional deficits, waste resources, and undermine agricultural sustainability and economic stability.

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