High temperatures help improve paddy quality

Published 2024년 4월 30일

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India's rabi paddy crop is experiencing improved quality and longer storage capabilities due to natural moisture reduction during harsh summer conditions, leading to a 10% price drop for rabi rice compared to kharif rice. Despite a slight decrease in rabi paddy acreage and a anticipated production of 123.57 lakh metric tonnes, the heatwave has positively affected the crop's quality and reduced the need for artificial drying. However, the heatwave is causing challenges in the production of rice-bran oil due to labor shortages, impacting the industry that produces 10.5 lakh tonnes of rice-bran oil annually.

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Kolkata: The harsh summer and heatwave conditions have come as a blessing to the country's rabi paddy crop, which is being harvested now. Crop quality has improved as the moisture content has gone down naturally, and traders can store the grains longer. .live_stock{left:17px;padding:1px 3px 1px 5px;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;line-height:18px;top:9px} #sr_widget .sr_desc{margin:0 auto 0;} #sr_widget .sr_desc{color: #024d99;margin-top:10px;} .live_stock .lb-icon{7px 6px 5px 3px !important} As a result, the price of rabi rice, which started to arrive in the market, has dropped by 10% compared with kharif rice.However, the heatwave is impacting the production of rice-bran oil as oil manufacturers are facing a shortage of labour. Rice-bran oil is manufactured by extracting the hard outer brown layer of the rice, which is known as bran. This has to be done within 24 hours of harvesting the paddy.This year, the acreage under rabi paddy has ...

Source: Economic times