In some
cases, losses of gram m storage can represent the dIfference
between self-suffICIency and the neceSSIty for ImportatIOn.
For example, the 150, 000 tones of barley lost durmg the
1981 storage season m Chma was double the tonnage
Imported to supplement the three nulhon tones produced
To the ammal raiser, moulds adversely
affect ammal performance by altenng the nutrient
composition of the feed ingredients, decreasing the
efficiency of nutnent utilization and producmg. tOXIC
metabolites