An Analysis of Grain Storage in Three Interior Sahel Countries

Abstract

This report, prepared for Africa Bureau, Agency for International Development, is divided into two main parts. In Chapter II, the current grain storage systems of Mali, Niger and Upper Volta are presented in detail. That chapter provides information on in-transit storage facilities for use during the grain collection season, public sector storage capacity, and levels of estimated stockholdings. Chapter III takes up current issues in the grain storage area. The first section looks at on-farm storage and the prospects for investments in low-technology improvements in this type of storage. The next section takes up community/village level storage, which has come to be viewed in some countries as a substitute for on-farm storage. Finally, some issues of long-term grain reserve programs are examined.