Pest Management in the Postharvest Agricultural Supply Chain Under Climate Change

Climate change is a danger to the agricultural system and will impact availability of food feed world. While much attention has focused on effects climate pest management prior harvest, less time been devoted determining in postharvest supply chain from farm fork. may percolate at macro level through compositional changes which species attack commodities distributional or what are grown region (and thus processed that area). However, also result altered microclimates facilities, can be tied increased generation times, elevated damage contamination potential, greater abundance species, need for external inputs. A variety integrated (IPM) strategies help increase resiliency adaptation change. Tactics susceptible warming temperature showing decreased efficacy include semiochemical-based, behaviorally-based tactics, subset insecticides (e.g., pyrethrins pyrethroids), those rely low grain aeration, chilling). facilities resilience packaging, other groups insecticides, likely sanitation. Data gaps predicting changing distributions stored product insects under change, translating into microclimate rigorously investigating how IPM tactic varies climate. Increased scrutiny affect deliver improved outcomes entire system.