Re-engineering for a brown rice-based post-harvest system
1995
Pasikalan, M.C. | Manaligod, H.T. | Paita, B.L. | Lantin, R.M. (International Rice Research Inst., Los Banos, Laguna (Philippines))
Brown rice may become increasingly accepted as staple food as its nutritional and health values recognized, taste improved, shelf-life extended, and the need for more food intensifies. The present post-harvest system characterized by rough rice storage and milled rice output may need to be re-engineered to suit the near-future demand for brown rice. This paper reviewed studies on brown rice drying, storage, preservation and handling, and high-moisture paddy hulling. These information were integrated to serve as technological bases for quality brown rice processing. A brown rice-based post harvest system and its variants, were also evaluated, and their merits compared with the present milled rice-based system. Technology gaps and equipment needs of the brown rice-based systems were likewise identified
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