CBSE Class 9 Answered

Two factors responsible for losses to grains due to storage:

• Presence of rodents in granaries.
• Containers i.e. silos used to store grains are sometimes not air tight and thus grains rotten due to the exposure to moisture.

Decision to reduce the loss:

• Government officials could have first given instructions to Sun dry the wet grains properly or their fumigation with neem leaves or chlorine.
• They could have transferred the unrotten grains to different granaries located in dry climate.

Two values in the decision making officials that are required to avoid such situations in future:

• Use of silo (metal containers) located above ground levels to store grains.
• Regular inspection o granaries to avoid such incidences.