Silos for Afghanistan - A simple solution to food and seed loss
12/04/2017
Large amounts of the food produced in developing countries are lost after harvest. This contributes to hunger and reduced income. Yet with training and adequate investment, food losses can be significantly reduced. FAO, with funding from Germany and Japan, took a bold step in this direction by having 50 000 home-sized metallic silos built locally and distributed to households around Afghanistan.
Fazil Jan, a farmer near Jalalabad, received a silo and had this to say: “We are very happy and satisfied with this silo because we can keep wheat inside the silo and protect it from mice and insects. Before we kept our wheat in gunny bags and part of it was eaten by mice or fell through holes made by the mice.”