A NATIONAL SURVEY OF RICE (ORYZA SATIVA L.) GRAIN QUALITY IN SIERRA LEONE II: EVALUATION OF PHYSICAL GRAIN QUALITY

Rice is a very important item of food and commerce in Sierra Leone and so information on the quality of available rice grains can serve as a useful indicator for the technical status and level of competitiveness in the local rice industry. During this study an objective evaluation was conducted to m...

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Published inAfrican journal of food, agriculture, nutrition, and development : AJFAND Vol. 15; no. 5; pp. 10559 - 10576
Main Authors Kamara, J S, Leigh, A U, Cooke, R A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Nairobi Rural Outreach Program 01.01.2015
Subjects
Agribusiness
Agricultural Production
Commercialization
Grain
Product quality
Research methodology
Rice
Statistical analysis
Sierra Leone
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Summary:Rice is a very important item of food and commerce in Sierra Leone and so information on the quality of available rice grains can serve as a useful indicator for the technical status and level of competitiveness in the local rice industry. During this study an objective evaluation was conducted to measure and characterize the quality of rice grains available in the local markets of Sierra Leone. A total of 315 randomly selected rice samples from 45 markets selected from the four major cities of Sierra Leone (Makeni, Bo, Kenema and Freetown, representing urban communities from the northern, southern, eastern and western parts of the country, respectively) were evaluated.
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ISSN:1684-5358
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