Farmers grappling with the challenge of making huge losses as a result of aflatoxin

Josephine Kweyu, a small-holder maize farmer and One Acre Fund communications officer Kevin Owino displaying the new storage bags known as PICs bags. The bags stores maize and other grains without using chemicals...Photo/Nathan Ochunge/Standard

Small scale farmers frequently face post-harvest losses of maize and other grains due to a number of preventable reasons.

According to the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), at least 40 per cent of food produced in Sub-Saharan Africa is lost between production and consumption.