Climate change has negative effects on postharvest management of cereals. However, much emphasis is placed on climate change adaptation (CCA) in crop production whilst not adequately addressing the CCA in postharvest management of maize. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among smallholder farmers. Key informant interviews, observations and structured interviews on 280 household heads were done. Binary logistic regression was used to analyse determinants of use of postharvest CCA practices whilst multinomial logistic regression was used to analyse determinants of use of postharvest storage facilities. Farmers used grain protectants (40.4%) and minimised the duration of the harvesting process (34.3%) as their major CCA practices in maize postharvest management. There was a significant difference in postharvest maize loss quantities (p ≤ 0.05) between users and non-users of CCA practices. The choice and use of climate-resilient postharvest strategies were significantly influenced by location, cultivated land, access to radio and membership to farmer club. Choice of a postharvest storage facility was significantly influenced by training and membership to farmers’ club. Smallholder farmers are using some conventional maize postharvest management practices like grain protectants to adapt to the effects of climate change. The use of maize postharvest CCA strategies significantly reduced postharvest losses.

气候变化对谷物的收获后管理产生负面影响。但是，在作物生产中非常重视气候变化适应（CCA），而在玉米收获后管理中却没有充分解决CCA。在小农户中进行了横断面调查。对280名户主进行了重要的线人访谈，观察和结构化访谈。二元logistic回归用于分析收获后CCA惯例的使用决定因素，而多项式logistic回归用于分析收获后贮藏设施的使用决定因素。农民使用谷物保护剂（占40.4％），并且将收获过程的持续时间（34.3％）减至最少，这是他们在玉米收获后管理中的主要CCA做法。收获后玉米的损失量存在显着差异（p用户和CCA做法非用户之间≤0.05）。适应气候变化的采后策略的选择和使用受到地理位置，耕地，广播的获取以及农民俱乐部成员资格的显着影响。农民俱乐部的培训和会员资格极大地影响了收获后存储设施的选择。小农户正在使用一些常规的玉米收获后管理实践，例如谷物保护剂，以适应气候变化的影响。玉米收获后CCA策略的使用大大减少了收获后的损失。