Mahdi Hasan, BAU :
The agriculture experts on Thursday urged to familiarize the technologies to reduce the post-harvest loss of rice at the small scale trader and farmer level.
The researchers also expressed that the post-harvest loss could be reduced to about 5% from about 14% using the technologies.
They suggested to use solar bubble dryer and STR dryer to dry the rice grain which reduce the loss through checking the growth of mold on the grain surface.
They also proposed to store rice in GrainPro bag instead of traditional storage device ‘Dole’ in Bangladesh. This device reduces the loss by preventing the insect infestation in the stored rice grain.
The experts were addressing the annual workshop on USAID post-harvest loss reduction innovation lab (PHLIL)-Bangladesh component in Syed Nazrul Islam Conference Hall on Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU).
BAU acting Vice-Chancellor Pro Dr Md Afzal Hossain attended the workshop, where Dr Monjurul Alam, team leader of USAID PHLIL-Bangladesh component, presented the keynote, as chief guest with Prof Md Abdur Rashid, dean of agricultural engineering and technology faculty, in the chair. Prof Dr Shankar Kumar Raha, dean of agricultural economics and rural sociology, was present as special guest.
In the keynote presentation Dr Monjurul said that the post-harvest loss of rice is about 14% of the total production due to improper drying, fungal and bacterial infection, insect infestation, and poor storage structure.
The agriculture experts on Thursday urged to familiarize the technologies to reduce the post-harvest loss of rice at the small scale trader and farmer level.
The researchers also expressed that the post-harvest loss could be reduced to about 5% from about 14% using the technologies.
They suggested to use solar bubble dryer and STR dryer to dry the rice grain which reduce the loss through checking the growth of mold on the grain surface.
They also proposed to store rice in GrainPro bag instead of traditional storage device ‘Dole’ in Bangladesh. This device reduces the loss by preventing the insect infestation in the stored rice grain.
The experts were addressing the annual workshop on USAID post-harvest loss reduction innovation lab (PHLIL)-Bangladesh component in Syed Nazrul Islam Conference Hall on Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU).
BAU acting Vice-Chancellor Pro Dr Md Afzal Hossain attended the workshop, where Dr Monjurul Alam, team leader of USAID PHLIL-Bangladesh component, presented the keynote, as chief guest with Prof Md Abdur Rashid, dean of agricultural engineering and technology faculty, in the chair. Prof Dr Shankar Kumar Raha, dean of agricultural economics and rural sociology, was present as special guest.
In the keynote presentation Dr Monjurul said that the post-harvest loss of rice is about 14% of the total production due to improper drying, fungal and bacterial infection, insect infestation, and poor storage structure.
