Improved grain storage in Bangladesh
A Bangladeshi farmer of Chapor village in the district of Dinajpur demonstrates how she and her husband have started storing their wheat grain in repurposed metal drums. While this is not an ideal storage solution, it is a significant improvement on open baskets or bags. She explains how they are now able to store their grain for longer, meaning they are able to control when they take it to market and so get a better price, as well as keeping enough for their own consumption. They are among the beneficiaries of a collaboration between CIMMYT; the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute's Wheat Research Centre in Dinajpur; and local NGOs, in improving, subsidizing, and advising farmers on equipment for grain storage.
Photo credit: S. Mojumder/Drik/CIMMYT.
For the latest on CIMMYT in Bangladesh, see CIMMYT's blog at: blog.cimmyt.org/?tag=bangladesh.
Improved grain storage in Bangladesh
A Bangladeshi farmer of Chapor village in the district of Dinajpur demonstrates how she and her husband have started storing their wheat grain in repurposed metal drums. While this is not an ideal storage solution, it is a significant improvement on open baskets or bags. She explains how they are now able to store their grain for longer, meaning they are able to control when they take it to market and so get a better price, as well as keeping enough for their own consumption. They are among the beneficiaries of a collaboration between CIMMYT; the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute's Wheat Research Centre in Dinajpur; and local NGOs, in improving, subsidizing, and advising farmers on equipment for grain storage.
Photo credit: S. Mojumder/Drik/CIMMYT.
For the latest on CIMMYT in Bangladesh, see CIMMYT's blog at: blog.cimmyt.org/?tag=bangladesh.