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which renders stored crops vulnerable to insects, pests
and rodents.
In most households, the widely used storage
facilities include drums, ‘vihenge’, sacks and ceilings.
However, of recent the prices of drums and construction
of vihenges have jgone up hence poor families have to rely
on the cheaper techniques which are easily attacked by
pests and rodents. The use of Actelic super Dust (ASD)
on maize and pulses has greatly reduced storage losses.
Due to lack of adquate knowledge on food preservation
techniques highly nutritious vegetables and fruits are forced
to be consumed only seasonally. The region has a total of
196 godowns with a capacity of 84,663.2 metric tones
distributed amongst the districts as indicated below:-
TABLE XVI: DETAILS OF GODOWNS IN KILIMANJARO REGION
District Number of Total Capacity owner
Purpose
godowns Metric (T)
Moshi Rural 63 53,797 KNCU, CDRF, General Goods
NMC, TCMB, inputs and Food
Village
crops
Hai 53 7,153 - do -
Same 36 11,550 VCU, Villages, - do -
CDTF,
PADECO
Rombo 26 11,018 KNCU, Villages, - do -
NMC
Mwanga 18 1,145 VCU Village - do -
Total 196 84,663
Source: Regional Commissioner’s Office, Kilimanjaro.
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