TY - CONF
T1 - Hermetic Storage Technology to Reduce Postharvest Loss of Paddy
T2 - 2022 ASABE Annual International Meeting
AU - Alam, Md Monjurul
AU - Ali, Md Rostom
AU - Gope, Shibendra Narayan
AU - Awal, Md Abdul
AU - Winter-Nelson, Alex E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was performed by as part of PHLIL Phase II project “Post-Harvest Loss Reduction Innovation Lab (PHLIL) Phase II -Bangladesh” is made possible by the support of the American People provided to the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Post-Harvest Loss Reduction Innovation Lab (PHLIL) through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and ADM Institute for the Prevention of Post-Harvest Loss, University of Illinois, USA. The contents are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Paddy is one of the paramount food crops in Bangladesh. Farmers use Dole, Gola, Auri, Plastic bag, Jute bag, Plastic drum, and Motka as traditional storage structures for storing paddy seed and grain, and incur significant loss. Public and private sector commercial actors also store paddy grain and seed in jute bag. In this study, improved hermetic GrainPro bag and Cocoon were introduced to farmers and public-private sector actors' level, respectively. More than 2000 farmers received GrainPro bag and training from PHLIL-Bangladesh project. Highest insect infestation (157/250 g) was found in traditional Motka and no insect in GrainPro bag. Weight loss and germination rate in Motka and GrainPro bag were found 1.6%, 65% and 0.15%, 92%, respectively. Similarly, performances of hermetic cocoon were evaluated in the warehouses of Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) and in a commercial Rice Mill. Moisture content and germination rate of paddy seed stored in jute bag in BADC warehouses fluctuated with ambient conditions, however those were found unchanged in cocoon. Higher germination rates (91%) were retained in paddy seed stored in cocoon over traditional storage in gunny bag (84.25%). Hermetic storage technologies also eliminated the application of harmful insecticides and pesticides during storage. Hermetic GrainPro bag and Cocoon are found financially feasible and recommended to use for paddy seed and grain storage in Bangladesh at farmers and commercial scale, respectively.
AB - Paddy is one of the paramount food crops in Bangladesh. Farmers use Dole, Gola, Auri, Plastic bag, Jute bag, Plastic drum, and Motka as traditional storage structures for storing paddy seed and grain, and incur significant loss. Public and private sector commercial actors also store paddy grain and seed in jute bag. In this study, improved hermetic GrainPro bag and Cocoon were introduced to farmers and public-private sector actors' level, respectively. More than 2000 farmers received GrainPro bag and training from PHLIL-Bangladesh project. Highest insect infestation (157/250 g) was found in traditional Motka and no insect in GrainPro bag. Weight loss and germination rate in Motka and GrainPro bag were found 1.6%, 65% and 0.15%, 92%, respectively. Similarly, performances of hermetic cocoon were evaluated in the warehouses of Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) and in a commercial Rice Mill. Moisture content and germination rate of paddy seed stored in jute bag in BADC warehouses fluctuated with ambient conditions, however those were found unchanged in cocoon. Higher germination rates (91%) were retained in paddy seed stored in cocoon over traditional storage in gunny bag (84.25%). Hermetic storage technologies also eliminated the application of harmful insecticides and pesticides during storage. Hermetic GrainPro bag and Cocoon are found financially feasible and recommended to use for paddy seed and grain storage in Bangladesh at farmers and commercial scale, respectively.
KW - Germination
KW - GrainPro bag
KW - Hermetic cocoon
KW - Paddy
KW - Paddy seed
KW - Traditional storage
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U2 - 10.13031/aim.202200252
DO - 10.13031/aim.202200252
M3 - Paper
AN - SCOPUS:85137610287
Y2 - 17 July 2022 through 20 July 2022
ER -