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Improvement in the storage and marketing quality of grain legumes. Final Technical Report

author(s) Moss, C.. - Tran, B.. - Golob, P.. - Goodland, A.. - Devereau, A.. - Andan, F.. - Atarigya, J.
from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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  • Western Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
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Golob, P.; Moss, C.; Devereau, A.; Goodland, A.; Andan, F.; Atarigya, J.; Tran, B. Improvement in the storage and marketing quality of grain legumes. Final Technical Report. (1999) 59 pp

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Abstract

The objective of this three-year project based in northern Ghana was to identify qualitative and quantitative losses in the storage of grain legumes by small-scale farmers and develop means of reducing the losses. The project used participatory surveys to monitor the loss in value during storage, both on-farm and in the markets. These surveys showed that heavy losses occurred during storage in markets

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