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A review of the literature on the economics of drying and milling of padi in Malaysia.

There are many studies on the technical and engineering aspect of drying and milling of padi in Malaysia. However, there is little work done on economic aspects of these postharvest activities. one such rare piece of work is the study by Soo Lip Tan on the optimum size, number and location of padi d...

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Main Authors: Chew, T.A., Loo, K.F.
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
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Published: 1985
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/19243/1/ID%2019243.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.192432014-01-28T03:38:48Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/19243/ A review of the literature on the economics of drying and milling of padi in Malaysia. Chew, T.A. Loo, K.F. There are many studies on the technical and engineering aspect of drying and milling of padi in Malaysia. However, there is little work done on economic aspects of these postharvest activities. one such rare piece of work is the study by Soo Lip Tan on the optimum size, number and location of padi driers in the MUDA area. This paper reviews that work and examines the assumption and conclusions in that study. The present spatial distribution of driers is compared with the distribution recommed. Reasons are given to explain the discrepancy between the actual and recommended. situations. One critical question arising thereof is the question of "optimum drying" of padi prior to milling. It would seem that question was never asked in Soo's work or elsewhere for that matter. The implicit assumption is made that the technical optimum drying must be the economic optimum. An attempt is made to estimate the economic optimum. 1985-08 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/19243/1/ID%2019243.pdf Chew, T.A. and Loo, K.F. (1985) A review of the literature on the economics of drying and milling of padi in Malaysia. In: ASEAN Technical Seminar on Post-Harvest Technology, 6-9 Aug. 1985, Manila Hotel, Philippines. . English
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description There are many studies on the technical and engineering aspect of drying and milling of padi in Malaysia. However, there is little work done on economic aspects of these postharvest activities. one such rare piece of work is the study by Soo Lip Tan on the optimum size, number and location of padi driers in the MUDA area. This paper reviews that work and examines the assumption and conclusions in that study. The present spatial distribution of driers is compared with the distribution recommed. Reasons are given to explain the discrepancy between the actual and recommended. situations. One critical question arising thereof is the question of "optimum drying" of padi prior to milling. It would seem that question was never asked in Soo's work or elsewhere for that matter. The implicit assumption is made that the technical optimum drying must be the economic optimum. An attempt is made to estimate the economic optimum.
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author Chew, T.A.
Loo, K.F.
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Loo, K.F.
A review of the literature on the economics of drying and milling of padi in Malaysia.
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Loo, K.F.
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title A review of the literature on the economics of drying and milling of padi in Malaysia.
title_short A review of the literature on the economics of drying and milling of padi in Malaysia.
title_full A review of the literature on the economics of drying and milling of padi in Malaysia.
title_fullStr A review of the literature on the economics of drying and milling of padi in Malaysia.
title_full_unstemmed A review of the literature on the economics of drying and milling of padi in Malaysia.
title_sort review of the literature on the economics of drying and milling of padi in malaysia.
publishDate 1985
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