devices for harvesting.

for development of lowcost

manually operated mechanical
devices.
Review and revitalize extension
services to educate formers
about associated benefits.
Food, Agriculture and processing
Issues & Vision Action required immediately
Reduce glut in mantis during Install automatic cleaners and
procurement. Reduce graders at the mantis.
packaging and transportation Initiate use of plasticlined
jute
losses. gunnies. Machinestitch
all
gunnies.
Install 100 percent weightiest
at all points of loading and
unloading.
Modernization of mills and Urge rice mills to modernize
improved profitability is and upgrade operations such
crucial for the valueaddition
as:
chain. It is possible to do so using
parboiling technologies
with simple technologies. that require less water and
generate less effluent.
substituting
rubber rollers with
HDPEreinforced
rubber rollers.
Facilitate formation of consortia
of modern rice mills to fund
75
research in order to:
develop
continuous parboiling
technologies to further reduce
energy consumption and effluent
generation.
develop
valueadded
secondary
and tertiary rice products.
Improving secondary Government to fund development
processing of rice as cottage lowcost
technology based on

industry is also possible and locally available fuel and nonhas

to be stimulated. conventional energy sources.
Issues & Vision Action required immediately
Lack of initiatives to develop Initiate closer interaction between
new secondary products wet maize millers and secondary
from maize can be tackled with product(specially modified
much more valueaddition
from starches)users for development,
maize. trails and commercialization.
Mediumterm
Action: CEREALS
Packaging and transportation Facilitate formation of a
losses can be brought to consortium comprising modern
very low levels. rice mills to find research in order
to:
improve
energy efficiency of
mills.
extract
protein from rice brandevices for harvesting. for development of lowcost
manually operated mechanical
devices.
Review and revitalize extension
services to educate formers
about associated benefits.
Food, Agriculture and processing
Issues & Vision Action required immediately
Reduce glut in mantis during Install automatic cleaners and
procurement. Reduce graders at the mantis.
packaging and transportation Initiate use of plasticlined
jute
losses. gunnies. Machinestitch
all
gunnies.
Install 100 percent weightiest
at all points of loading and
unloading.
Modernization of mills and Urge rice mills to modernize
improved profitability is and upgrade operations such
crucial for the valueaddition
as:
chain. It is possible to do so using
parboiling technologies
with simple technologies. that require less water and
generate less effluent.
substituting

rubber rollers with

HDPEreinforced
rubber rollers.
Facilitate formation of consortia
of modern rice mills to fund
75
research in order to:
develop
continuous parboiling
technologies to further reduce
energy consumption and effluent
generation.
develop
valueadded
secondary
and tertiary rice products.
Improving secondary Government to fund development
processing of rice as cottage lowcost
technology based on
industry is also possible and locally available fuel and nonhas
to be stimulated. conventional energy sources.
Issues & Vision Action required immediately
Lack of initiatives to develop Initiate closer interaction between
new secondary products wet maize millers and secondary
from maize can be tackled with product(specially modified
much more valueaddition
from starches)users for development,
maize. trails and commercialization.
Mediumterm
Action: CEREALS
Packaging and transportation Facilitate formation of a
losses can be brought to consortium comprising modern
very low levels. rice mills to find research in order
to:
improve
energy efficiency of
mills.
extract
protein from rice brandevices for harvesting. for development of lowcost
manually operated mechanical
devices.
Review and revitalize extension
services to educate formers
about associated benefits.
Food, Agriculture and processing
Issues & Vision Action required immediately

Reduce glut in mantis during Install automatic cleaners and

procurement. Reduce graders at the mantis.
packaging and transportation Initiate use of plasticlined
jute
losses. gunnies. Machinestitch
all
gunnies.
Install 100 percent weightiest
at all points of loading and
unloading.
Modernization of mills and Urge rice mills to modernize
improved profitability is and upgrade operations such
crucial for the valueaddition
as:
chain. It is possible to do so using
parboiling technologies
with simple technologies. that require less water and
generate less effluent.
substituting
rubber rollers with
HDPEreinforced
rubber rollers.
Facilitate formation of consortia
of modern rice mills to fund
75
research in order to:
develop
continuous parboiling
technologies to further reduce
energy consumption and effluent
generation.
develop
valueadded
secondary
and tertiary rice products.
Improving secondary Government to fund development
processing of rice as cottage lowcost
technology based on
industry is also possible and locally available fuel and nonhas
to be stimulated. conventional energy sources.
Issues & Vision Action required immediately
Lack of initiatives to develop Initiate closer interaction between
new secondary products wet maize millers and secondary
from maize can be tackled with product(specially modified
much more valueaddition
from starches)users for development,

maize. trails and commercialization.

Mediumterm
Action: CEREALS
Packaging and transportation Facilitate formation of a
losses can be brought to consortium comprising modern
very low levels. rice mills to find research in order
to:
improve
energy efficiency of
mills.
extract
protein from rice bran