Impact of improved hermetic storage on food insecurity and poverty of smallholder cowpea farmers in northwestern Nigeria
Postharvest loss of cowpea grains due to insect pests like cowpea bruchids is a common problem in Nigeria and has often exacerbated the food insecurity and poverty of households. In a bid to protect their cowpea grains, farmers’ indiscriminate use of insecticides (often misused and overused) has had...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Elsevier
2023
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129671 |
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