Archives of Contemporary India

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BHW Subject File No. 11
Study/Research Material on Agriculture in India, 1957-2009
C. International Grain Trade and Rice Processing, 1966-2004
1966
Writing on rice cereal technologies. Includes a booklet ‘Modern versus Traditional Rice Mills- a performance study’, articles by KR Bhattacharya, Reprints from ‘Seminar on Rice’ (1970), Cereal Chemistry (1969 & 1967), Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry (Sept.-Oct. 1966), Journal of Food Science and Technology, and The Rice Journal (1970). Also, includes an article published in The IRRI Reporter (March-April 1970), by Jose R. Arboleda from IRRI Saturday Seminar (1975), a note by Bart Duff, copy of ‘Survey of costs for milling of paddy’ and some handwritten notes.
Rice mills, food chemistry, milling of paddy
English
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BHW Subject File No. 12
Study/Research Material on Agriculture in India, 1957-2009
C. International Grain Trade and Rice Processing, 1966-2004
1969
Material on paddy procurement, storage and processing technology. Includes a book Modernization in Rice Industry, proceedings of Seminar, Bangalore (9-16 January 1969) and a study titled Differential Impact of Modern Rice Technology across Production Environment. Also, includes a study on Role of trading companies in rice markets (September 1992); a working paper by Stephen D. Biggs (February 1975); a research project interim report (September 1974-March 1976); copy of ‘Evaluating Rice Market Intervention policies’ by Asian Development Bank (1988) and some notes.
Modern rice technologies, rice markets, paddy procurement, IRRI
English/French
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BHW Subject File No. 13
Study/Research Material on Agriculture in India, 1957-2009
C. International Grain Trade and Rice Processing, 1966-2004
1971
Study material on international grain trade. The file includes studies of grain market from Burkina Faso, Philippines, Bangladesh by Ben Crow and KAS Murshid. Also, includes a brochure on SAMAP grain mill, magazine Solagral and handwritten notes.
Grain trade, milling, Burkina Faso, Philippines
English
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BHW Subject File No. 14
Study/Research Material on Agriculture in India, 1957-2009
C. International Grain Trade and Rice Processing, 1966-2004
1972
Writings on rice processing. Includes paper presented, report and a proposal with regional studies from Philippines and Sri Lanka. Also, includes a study titled ‘Plain Tales from the rice trade’ by Ben Crow, articles on rice processing from Malaysia and Java, and a report on Bangladesh by DA Dendy and LDG Coward.
Rice processing, rice trade, Java, Malaysia
English
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BHW Subject File No. 15
Study/Research Material on Agriculture in India, 1957-2009
C. International Grain Trade and Rice Processing, 1966-2004
1975
Material related to rice milling and associated technologies. Includes paper presented by Bart Duff titled ‘Estimating the elasticity of home consumption and marketable surplus for a subsistence crop’ at IRRI (20 February 1975) and a note on rice milling systems. Also, includes a cover letter with enclosed articles on paddy husking, UNIDO report on rice mechanisation and some handwritten notes.
Rice processing, subsistenance crop, market surplus
English
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