| Seed quality and measurement | Seed | Good quality seed can increase yields by 5-20% however the extent of this increase is directly proportional to the quality of seed that is being sown. | rice seed quality and measurement, seed quality tests, importance of seed quality, seed standards for certification |
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| Threshing | Post harvest management | Threshing is part of the harvesting process. Harvesting is the process of collecting the mature crop from the field and includes cutting, hauling, threshing, cleaning and optionally field drying and/or stacking or piling. | methods of rice threshing, proper and timely threshing of rice, manual threshing, foot threshing, threshing using a rack, pedal thresher |
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| Power thresher maintenance | Post harvest management | Improper maintenance, wrong machine settings, or faulty operation of a power thresher can increase losses and fuel consumption, and potentially endanger the operator's health. | how to maintain a power thresher, checklist for power thresher maintenance, safety measures of power thresher, power thresher pitures, how to lubricate thresher, thresher machine settings |
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| Physical quality of milled rice | Post harvest management | The physical quality of milled rice is characterized by a combination of desirable and measurable characteristics. In line with the market requirements, these are used to classify rice into grades which are. | physical quality of milled rice, rice milling degree, chalkiness in rice, undermilled rice, how to measure milled rice quality, whiteness of milled rice, head rice percentage |
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| Options for heated air drying | Post harvest management | Unlike sun drying, heated air drying or mechanical drying has the advantage that suitable drying air conditions can be set, and that drying can be carried out any time of the day or night. | options for heated air drying, mechanical drying of rice, heated air dryers, fixed bed batch dryers, fixed bed configuration, continuous flow dryer |
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| Measuring rice moisture content | Post harvest management | Moisture content (MC) is the weight of water contained in paddy or rice expressed in percent. MC is usually referred to the wet basis meaning the total weight of the grain including the water (MCwb). For research moisture content referred to the dry matter of the grain is sometimes used (MCdb). | how to measure rice moisture content, rice moisture content testing, results of inaccurate rice moisture testing, oven method for moisture testing, IRRI moisture meter |
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| Measuring physical quality of paddy | Post harvest management | Measurement of rice grain is important to know the qulaity parameters of seed, physical quality and grading of rice. | how to measure physical quality of paddy, crack detection in rice, immature rice grains, measuring paddy properties |
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| IRRI super bag | Post harvest management | The IRRI Super bag makes the principle of hermetic storage available to farmers and processors at low cost. The IRRI Super bag is a farmer-friendly storage bag that allows cereal grains and other crops (e.g., maize or coffee) to be safely stored for extended periods. | IRRI rice super bag, how does rice super bag works, advantages of super bag, setting up a super bag, head rice recovery, seed germination life, farmer-friendly rice storage bag |
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| IRRI moisture tester | Post harvest management | IRRI low-cost moisture tester is a decision making tool for postharvest operations that costs half of the price of a more advanced moisture tester. It is designed as a decision making tool in postharvest operations of paddy and is not intended for trade. | IRRI moisture tester for rice, how to use moisture tester, where to get moisture tester, red signal in moisture meter, use of moisture meter |
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| How to use a dryer | Post harvest management | A dryer is a mechanical device or machine that removes the water from wet grains by forcing either ambient air or heated air through the grain bulk. | how to use a rice dryer, rice pre-drying management, how to use rice dryer, safety precaution while using a dryer |
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