Overall goal Indicators Assumptions and risks Generate benefits for subsistence farmers by developing maize and wheat germplasm resistant to storage pests and diseases.
Food security depends on constant supply of quality cereals.
Grain storage systems will continue to be inadequate for resource-poor farmers. Intermediate goal Indicators Assumptions and risks Quantify the losses associated with post-harvest pests in developing countries, and develop new maize and wheat populations and lines with elevated levels of resistance to storage pests and diseases. Models developed and published from which good estimates of post-harvest losses can be derived by NARSs. Maize and wheat varieties with improved grain quality. Breeding methods that accelerate the development of resistant germplasm.