A technology for rice loss prevention in-store: household metallic silo
A valuable structure highly recommended by FAO for small and medium rice farmers is the small metallic silo (Plate 1). The small metallic silo can play an important part in the fight for food security and against hunger in developing countries. Its effectiveness for safe storage has been proven since the 1980s. The technology was introduced as part of the Swiss cooperation for development in Central America, since when more than 230 000 small metallic silos with a capacity of between 0.5 and 2 tonnes have been introduced to prevent food loss. It has been estimated that more than 2 million people currently benefit from this technology in Central America. An FAO project in Bolivia on the prevention of food losses, GCP/Bol/032/Net, has successfully introduced more than 20 000 small metallic silos in the last 5 years