Ventilated storehouse for storing seed potato (Oumar Assarki)
Ventilated storehouses are designed to store cash-crops and seed potatoes in conditions suitable for minimising damage and to hold back stock until market prices rise. The facilities are mudbrick, thatched outbuildings with external dimensions of 7.5 metres long by 5.9 metres wide. The stock quantity is 5,000 to 10,000 kilograms. The preservation period is six months, compared to three months using a traditional system. The loss rate is less than 20%.
Establishment / maintenance activities and inputs: No plant-health treatments are used. Every two weeks, checking for damaged tubers is required (to control rot).
Roles of the actors involved: The PCDA (Agricultural Competitiveness and Diversification Programme) funds, monitors and provides support. The promoter owns the site and provides a 25% personal contribution. The research and oversight bodies (ROBs) provide advisory support, monitor activities on the ground and deliver reports.
Natural / human environment: Given its economic benefits, most promoters have adopted this storage system. Others have built storehouses of this kind without any subsidies from the PCDA.
สถานที่: Zignasso and Bamadougou (Sikasso), Mali, มาลี
ตำนวนการวิเคราะห์เทคโนโลยี:
การเผยแพร่ของเทคโนโลยี:
In a permanently protected area?:
วันที่ในการดำเนินการ: น้อยกว่า 10 ปี (ไม่นานนี้)
ประเภทของการแนะนำ
Ventilated storehouses are designed to store cash-crops and seed potatoes in conditions suitable for minimising damage and to hold back stock until market prices rise. Preservation period: six months, compared to three months using a traditional system. Loss rate: less than 20%.
