This course describes cereal postharvest losses in SSA and APHLIS, the African PostHarvest Losses Information System, which provides science-based estimates of the postharvest loss levels where direct measurements are not available.
This first course introduces the full series of APHLIS courses on rapid postharvest loss assessment measurement, and presents the objectives.

This course on phosphine fumigation presents the preparatory operations, the process of a good fumigation and post fumigation activities in order to effectively eliminate pests of stored grains. The course explains the precautions to take and details the essential protective equipment against phosphine gas. The course also describes the dangers associated with the use of phosphine during fumigation and introduces the notion of pest resistance to phosphine.
