Championing Sustainable Storage Practices for Healthier Crops in Northern Nigeria

HarvestPlus Nigeria is taking a proactive stance to promote environmentally friendly crop storage practices. To mitigate the impacts associated with synthetic pesticides on both the environment and crops, storage methods that eliminate the need for harmful chemical insecticides—like multilayer hermetic bags—are being promoted in the Scaling Climate- and Nutrition-Smart Crops Through Market Systems in North Nigeria project funded with UK aid from the UK government through its Propcom+ program. Multilayer hermetic bags such as ‘GrainPro’ or ‘PICS bags’ are a key technology that provide a safe and efficient storage solution for cereal crops such as maize and beans.