Survey On Maize Post-Harvest Losses And Its Management Practices In The Western Hills Of Nepal

Bhandari, Ghanashyam; Achhami, Bhuddhi Bahadur; Karki, Tika Bahadur; Bhandari, Bishnu; Bhandari, Gopal

doi:10.5281/zenodo.34288

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“…zeamais ) is one of the most common storage pest of maize in Nepal. One study revealed about 10–20 % of the grain losses in storages of Nepal is due to insect pests [ 1 ]. This coleopteron insect feeds inside the kernels causing quality and weight loss [ 2 ], which hinder proper germination losing its seed value [ 3 ].…”

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Insecticidal toxicity of essential oil of Nepalese Acorus calamus (Acorales:Acoraceae) against Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera:Curculionidae)

Aryal,

Poudel,

Kafle

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confidence: 99%

Insecticidal toxicity of essential oil of Nepalese Acorus calamus (Acorales:Acoraceae) against Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera:Curculionidae)

Aryal,

Poudel,

Kafle

et al. 2023

Heliyon

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Estimating post-harvest loss at the farm level to enhance food security: A case of Nepal

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2019

International Journal of Agriculture Environment and Food Sciences

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Food security is a major concern of the world in the context of increasing population, changing climate and declining scarce natural resources. Reducing food loss is equally important as increasing food production and productivity to feed the world, where 9.7 billion inhabitants were expected by 2050. Food loss can occur at several points along the food chain, however, harvest loss at the farm level is often overlooked which is directly impacting on sustainability. The paper attempts to estimate harvest loss at the farm level. A household survey was executed in 300 households from ten sample districts across Nepal. The percentage of harvest loss at the farm level was calculated for each crop grown as per -the season, plot and priority. Likewise, the multiple regression was executed to determine the level of influence of the socio-economic factors on the post-harvest loss at the farm level for the major crops. The mean harvest loss at the farm level found around 5 percent for the reported crops. The multiple regression model demonstrated that at the farm level, socio-economic factors might have a smaller influence on harvest loss as compared to physical and biological contributing factors. Nevertheless, reducing the post-harvest loss will increase food availability and thus the food security.

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Survey On Maize Post-Harvest Losses And Its Management Practices In The Western Hills Of Nepal

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Insecticidal toxicity of essential oil of Nepalese Acorus calamus (Acorales:Acoraceae) against Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera:Curculionidae)

Insecticidal toxicity of essential oil of Nepalese Acorus calamus (Acorales:Acoraceae) against Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera:Curculionidae)

Estimating post-harvest loss at the farm level to enhance food security: A case of Nepal

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