Pests like the larger grain borer (P. truncatus) and the maize weevil (S. zeamis) cause significant storage losses for African maize producers. The value of storage protection to a market-oriented farmer is a function of price seasonality, value loss prevention, and their opportunity costs of...

Cross border trade of agricultural commodities between Tanzania and its neighbors remains active resulting in substantial volume of bean flow across the borders. If the trade in beans from Tanzania would result into net outflow then bean prices would rise in Tanzania limiting access to this...

This study examined two questions related to the adoption of triple-bag storage technology for farmers storing cowpeas in West Africa. First the effect of an extension program, focused on village demonstrations, on adoption was considered. Second, the effect of radio messages to augment this...