ABSTRACT
The production technology as obvious has long received recognition and funds but stored grain protection technologies still lack sufficient appreciation and funds, if not all over the world, at least it is true in developing countries. In stored product entomology, the information on commodity losses caused during threshing, handling, transportation, and storage is scanty and scattered. Therefore, this attempt is to summarize the information on the losses and estimation of losses from the literature. Losses of stored products are calculated by several methods. A trader represents the loss as difference in the quantities received and quantities disposed off. The determination of moisture contents in grains helps to have an advance information on the durability of stored product, high moisture levels are bound to bring about certain biochemical and nutritive changes in grain during storage.
