Maize may be damaged in storage by different types of weevils and moths. Hard grains of OPV, unimproved and flint grained hybrid varieties suffer less weevil damage
Chimanga chikhoza kuwonongeka munkhokwe ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya anankafumbwe ndi aphepheru. Chimanga cholimba cha OPV, chimanga chamakolo ndi mitundu yamakono ya chimanga cholimba imawonongedwa mochepa ndi anankafumbwe 