Abstract

The study was conducted on storage of maize among tribal farm families of Rajasthan. The data were collected from 90 farm families selected randomly. Information regarding storage practices of maize was collected through structured interview schedule from the head of the family. Information on storage practices was gathered from families of three land size categories i.e. large, small and marginal. The study reveals that the respondents were using mud kothi (54.5%), metallic kothi (44.4%) and nylon bags (1.1%) as storage structures. Majority of the respondent (60%) were mixing dry neem leaves storage followed by chemical insecticides (23.3%) and ash (13.3).

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