Studies on Storage of Rough Rice in Traditional Bamboo Bin and Modern Paper Bag Storage Systems

Abstract

This paper presents experimental studies on storage of rough rice in traditional split bamboo made storage bin, called “dool” in Bangladesh, and paper bag, commonly used by the Japanese farmers, storage systems. During the storage period, temperature, moisture content, germination percentage, percentage of damage kernel and thousand-kernel weight were recorded and the changes in the quality of stored rough rice were evaluated in terms of these variables. There was no significant difference in temperature changes between the two storage systems, but there were significant difference in moisture content, germination percentage, thousand-kernel weight and percentage of damage kernel changes. The paper bag was better than the bamboo bin in respect of all the storage parameters considered.