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DOI	10.1007/s10668-020-01019-y
	Smallholder grain postharvest management in a variable climate: practices and perceptions of smallholder farmers and their service-providers in semi-arid areas
	Nyabako, Tinashe; Mvumi, Brighton M.; Stathers, Tanya; Machekano, Honest
通讯作者	Mvumi, BM
来源期刊	ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
ISSN	1387-585X
EISSN	1573-2975
英文摘要	Field data on current crop postharvest management practices and perceptions from smallholder farming communities in an increasingly variable climate are scarce. Our study used a multi-dimensional approach to explore the practices and perceptions of these communities and their service-providers regarding grain postharvest management in semi-arid Mbire and Hwedza districts in Zimbabwe. A total of 601 individual household interviews, six focus group discussions with women and men, and interviews with 40 district stakeholders and 53 community key informants were conducted. Farmers and service-providers explained how climate change was threatening food security; causing reduced and more variable maize and sorghum yields of below 0.5 t/ha, alongside higher grain storage insect pest pressure. Increased food insecurity and concerns regarding grain theft have driven a shift from bulk storage in traditional outdoor free-standing granaries to polypropylene bags stacked inside the living quarters. Poor and improper use of synthetic pesticides in these circumstances exacerbates the health-related risks. Agricultural extension officers were the most common source of agronomic and postharvest information followed by farmer-to-farmer information exchange. Targeted postharvest training; participatory field trials involving agricultural extension staff, farmers and other service-providers; and policy dialogue around grain postharvest management and food security are proposed to help in strengthening the capacity to reduce grain postharvest losses under increasingly unpredictable conditions.
英文关键词	Storage pest management Smallholder grain storage Climate change impacts Postharvest management policy dialogue
类型	Article ; Early Access
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000583401600001
WOS关键词	TRUNCATUS HORN COLEOPTERA ; FIELD EFFICACY ; PESTICIDE EXPOSURE ; MBIRE DISTRICT ; MAIZE GRAIN ; BOSTRICHIDAE ; INSECTS ; FOOD ; SUSCEPTIBILITY ; VARIABILITY
WOS类目	Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/328405
作者单位	[Nyabako, Tinashe; Mvumi, Brighton M.] Univ Zimbabwe, Dept Agr & Biosyst Engn, Fac Agr Environm & Food Syst, Box MP 167, Harare, Zimbabwe; [Stathers, Tanya] Univ Greenwich, Nat Resources Inst, Cent Ave, Chatham ME4 4TB, Kent, England; [Machekano, Honest] Univ Zimbabwe, Dept Plant Prod Sci & Technol, Fac Agr Environm & Food Syst, Box MP 167, Harare, Zimbabwe; [Machekano, Honest] Botswana Int Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Biol Sci & Biotechnol, P Bag 16, Palapye, Botswana
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Nyabako, Tinashe,Mvumi, Brighton M.,Stathers, Tanya,et al. Smallholder grain postharvest management in a variable climate: practices and perceptions of smallholder farmers and their service-providers in semi-arid areas[J].
APA	Nyabako, Tinashe,Mvumi, Brighton M.,Stathers, Tanya,&Machekano, Honest.
MLA	Nyabako, Tinashe,et al."Smallholder grain postharvest management in a variable climate: practices and perceptions of smallholder farmers and their service-providers in semi-arid areas".ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY