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

实现稻米收获后处理和加工的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，印度是世界第二大生产国。它的年产量为103公吨，出口12公吨。然而，平均而言，稻米在后期处理中的整精米回收量只占稻谷重量的50%，50%的废物副产品包括目前未得到充分利用的米谷、谷壳和麸皮。该项目的目标有两个：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现象，增加稻米总产量。其次，优化改良碾磨过程的副产品，将米皮重新加工成营养丰富的食物成分，并将米壳加工成米壳灰，以供建筑行业再利用。

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.