Survey on Quality of Foodgrains Procured from Farmers: A Case Study in Punjab

P Prabhakaran*, Amarjeet Singh, Sachin Kumar, Yatendra Jain, Vishwajeet Haldar

Indian Grain Storage Management and Research Institute Field Station, PAU campus, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.

Corresponding Author E-mail: prabhakardfpd@gmail.com

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CARJ.6.3.21

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.

Keywords:

Paddy; Procurement Centres; Refractions; Wheat

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