1. ACTION PLAN Guo Yongmei Food Crops Institute of Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, China

2. Area Production  Less than 19 % of grain crop area and 31% of grain production  Staple food for about 60 % of population

3.  Importance of rice production in China  Rice loss about 15% each year

4. The storage of special rice  the storage is a big problem in rice postharvest in our country.  The special rice is more easily lipid oxidation than normal rice.  How to prevent ageing and maintain the best possible quality of rice.

5. The special rice special rice normal rice Pigment No Pigment

6. Objective:  To apply the postharvest knowledge from this training to the storage of special rice.  According to experiment, to understand how to prevent ageing and maintain the best possible quality of the special rice.  To get feasible method of storage of special rice and transfer information to producers.

7. Expected Outputs  To get feasible method of storage of special rice

8. Progress Indicators   The samples of special rice were tested for appearance, fatty acid and viscosity.   The Samples of special rice were packed under varying treatment.   appearance, fatty acid and viscosity were tested again after 4 months.

9. Activities  experiment on storage of special rice Different treatments  Modified-atmosphere storage  Refrigerate storage  Vacuum storage  Woven bag

10. Time Table  About 4 months

11. Inputs:  The special rice  Package materials  experimental facilities

12. Budget:  The cost of experiment is about 1000 dollors.

13. Responsible Person/ Agency  In my own project in  In my own project in Food Crops Institute of Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

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