ABSTRACT

The storage of grain and seeds at farmer, trader, and commercial or at government levels is very common all over the country. At the farmer level, storage is normally inter-seasonal and the purpose for food supply throughout the year to their family and for better price during off season. The storage of grain and seeds has been in practice as a basic need of human beings for the continuous food supply throughout the year. The problem of storage of food grain has been increasing fast day by day population increase. The need for storage has always arisen for distributing the food in deficit production area. In this way, grower, processor, transporters, warehouseman, government agencies, and private agencies must cooperate along each other to comply with these requirements. Grain and seed storage is an essential component in the marketing and distribution chain, especially in the event of fluctuation of production in one season.