Table 5.

Grain storage practices—duration of storage, method of grain protection and location of storage—by farmers in three counties in Eastern Kenya

Variable	% Respondents
Duration of storage
Less than 3 months	6.7
3-6 months	19.1
6-9 months	25.8
More than 9 months	48.1
Method of preservation
Do nothing	4.4
Chemical pesticides	32.8
Natural products	0.8
Hermetic technologies	61.0
Others	0.5
Location of storage
Room in house	55.6
Farm store	13.9
Improved granaries	25.3
Traditional granaries	12.4