Rice Quality Training Manual 03

Rice Quality Training Manual
Schedule

Time Subject Location
Day 1
Session 1 Introduction Class room
• What is quantity? • Evaluation local rice
• Brainstorming session
Break
Session 2 • Identify and list key parameters to assess grain quality
• Measurement of grain quality • Brainstorming session
• Determine white rice quality
Lunch
Session 3 • Determine cooking quality
• Economics of grain quality • Evaluation cooked rice
• Brainstorming session
Break
Session 4 • What effects or determines grain quality • Brainstorming session
Summary Discussion
Day 2
Session 5 • What is good seed quality
• Economics of good seed
• Ways of improving seed quality • Brainstorming session
• Determining seed quality
Break
Session 6 • Drying storage of grain and seed • Evaluate post production systems
Lunch
Session 7 • Plant nutrient requirement
• Leaf color chart
• Plant establishment techniques •
Session 8 Summary and conclusions
Day 3
Session 5 • Improving crop production in farmers fields • Evaluate crop growing conditions
Lunch
Session 7 • Field Visit: Improving post-production parameters-drying/storage/processing • Evaluate post production systems
Session 8 Summary and conclusions Final discussion