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Table 5.32 – Use of storage facilities by type
Region
North Center South Total
Percent of households:
That use their house to store 89 83 96 90
That use a granary 73 72 39 56
That use a shed 13 18 7 12
% of households that use a pit 21 9 9 10
Source: IFPRI/APRU Malawi Smallholder Farmer Survey, 1998.
Table 5.33 – Characteristics of crop storage
Crop Total
quantity
in storage
one
month
after
harvest
(in kgs)
Months
needed
for
stocks
to be
depleted
Percentage of
households
that store to
eat later in
the year
Percentage
of
households
that store to
meet cash
needs later
in the year
Percentage of
households
that store in
the hope that
they can sell
at higher
prices later
Percentage of
households that
store for other
reasons (seeds,
workers
payment, can’t
sell when want
to, etc.)
Maize 642 6 93 0.3 1.5 5
Sweet potato 157 3 88 12 0 0
Cassava 273 4 88 2 6 4
Rice 317 5 77 13 4 6
Beans 91 5 77 4 2 17
Sorghum 160 4 83 5 0 12
Groundnuts 174 5 69 7 8 16
Vegetables 133 5 77 14 9 0
Tobacco 713 2 0 59 7 34
Cotton 313 2 0 71 10 19
Soybeans 86 4 33 25 4 38
Source: IFPRI/APRU Malawi Smallholder Farmer Survey, 1998.
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