A study on the quality of wheat grain stored in straw-clay bin

• Main Authors: Chattha, Shakeel Hussain, Che Man, Hasfalina, Teang, Shui Lee, Mirani, Benish Nawaz, Mahadi, Muhammad Razif
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Network for Natural Sciences 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43612/1/A%20study%20on%20the%20quality%20of%20wheat%20grain%20stored%20in%20straw-clay%20bin.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43612/; http://www.innspub.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/JBES-Vol6No1-p428-437.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The adoption of poor storage techniques usually results in tremendous post-harvest losses and leads to the shortage of grains to feed the overwhelming population. The straw-clay bin was developed as one of the viable solutions to obtain a high quality stored wheat and higher income to the farmer by storing wheat at harvest and sell it in the off-season at higher rates. Straw-clay bin was evaluated by storing wheat for one year and showed promising results. Fungal damage and grain weight loss were limited to 9% and 1.27%, respectively. Germination capacity, protein, fat, starch and ash of wheat grains decreased from 94 to 74%, 12.46 to 11.78%, 3.03 to 2.4%, 65.55 to 64.87%, and 2.04 to 1.76%, respectively. The study has revealed that straw-clay bin provide a safe and convenient method for farmers to preserve their agricultural commodities. Hence, the adoption of straw-clay bin must be encouraged in the developing countries.