Studies on Effect of Storage Environment on Quality of Paddy

India's food grain production was 257.13 MT in the year 2012–13. In which Rice production was 105.24 MT. India's share in World rice production was 23.07%. To solve the problem of storage loss, a study was conducted on flexible hermetic storage system with an objective to find the effect of different packaging material on quality of paddy grain. The moisture migration to and from the grain was not prevented by jute bag, HDPE woven lined and unlined bags. This affected the quality parameters of paddy. The PP bags could arrest the moisture transmission up to some extent which helped in restoring quality parameters of paddy. The lower oxygen content and higher carbon dioxide content in the package could retain the paddy quality. The super grain bag arrested both moisture migration and gas transmission to and from the grain which in turn retained grain quality better than the other packages. The O₂ content was decreased from 20.80 to 4.20% and the CO₂ increased from 0.38 to 13. 43%. The M.C. changed from 12.44 to 13.81% (w.b.).