Newton Fund - Enhanced rice milling and maximised valorisatoin of rice milling by-products

在稻米收获后的处理和加工中实现最佳效率是印度农业食品部门普遍面临的挑战。大米是65%人口的主食，印度是世界第二大大米生产国。它每年生产103吨，出口12吨。然而，平均而言，生产后处理的整精米回收率仅为稻谷重量的50%，50%的废弃副产品包括目前未得到利用的碎米、谷壳和麸皮。该项目的目标有两个方面：首先，开发一种效率更高、能耗更低的碾米工艺，显著减少碾米过程中的碎米，提高稻米总产量。第二，优化改良碾磨工序的副产品，将米糠再加工成高营养的食品配料，并将稻壳加工成稻壳灰，再用于建筑业。

Achieving optimal efficiency in the post harvest handling and processing of rice is a ubiquitous challenge forIndia's agri-food sector. Rice is the staple food of 65% of the population and India, is the world's second largestproducer. It produces 103MT pa and exports 12MT of this. However, on average, head rice return in postproduction handling is a low 50% of the paddy weight, with 50% of waste by-products consisting of ricebrokens, husk hulls and bran that are currently under utilised. The objectives of the project are twofold: firstlydevelop a higher efficiency and lower energy milling process that will significantly reduce rice brokens duringmilling and increase total rice output. Secondly, optimise the by-products available from the improved millingprocess to re-process rice bran into highly nutritious food ingredients and process rice husks into rice husk ashfor re-use in the construction industry.