Abstract
A study on the efficiency of procurement of food grains from farmers on quality norms was carried out in the state of Punjab. The survey involves collection of foodgrains viz., wheat and paddy from farmers in mandies/procurement centres from 2008 to 2016. The samples of paddy were analysed for their quality parameters in respect of content of various refractions such as, foreign matter, damaged grains, discoloured, shrunken, shrivelled, weevilled, immature grains and moisture. In paddy and wheat, the analysis results revealed the extent of its quality in which the refractions content of paddy and wheat were observed to lie within the quality specifications formulated by the Government of India (GOI)for their procurement during Kharif and Rabi marketing season to supply to the consumers through Public Distribution System (PDS) and other welfare schemes.
Highlights
Wheat and rice remain in top of the list of the major staple foods in India and Government of India is a largest buyer of it[1]
In the present study upon analysis of the samples of paddy and wheat collected from the grain mandies/ procurement centres in Punjab during the period of 2008-2016 reveals that the quality norms adopted for procurement of paddy and wheat were conformed to Uniform specifications laid out by Government of India (GOI) during the respective periods
The Foreign matter (FM) content was in the range of 0.77±0.06 to 0.80±0.13
Summary
Wheat and rice remain in top of the list of the major staple foods in India and Government of India is a largest buyer of it[1]. In 500g of paddy and wheat samples, the percentage content of various refractions such as, moisture, foreign matter, other food grains, damaged grains, slightly damaged grains, discoloured, karnal bunt, shrivelled grains, broken grains, admixture of lower class and weevilled grains were analysed as per IS 4333.23 The methodology adopted is described under.
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