ABE (CHAP13 GRAIN STORAGE)

Storage practice in which grains are stored in loose form in a large container.

• Bag storage

• Bunker storage

• Bulk storage

• All of the above

Storage method in which the concentration of gas in the storage atmosphere is changed.

• Sealed storage

• Modified atmosphere

• Controlled atmosphere

• All of the above

Storage system for holding buffer stocks and is usually located at the shipping receiving terminals.

• Village-level storage system

• Commercial-level storage system

• Centralized storage system

• All of the above

Storage structure made of pre-fabricated reinforcement concrete with metal siding and with either a hopper bottom or a flat bottom.

• Warehouse

• Silo

• Bulk container

• All of the above

Method of piling grains that provides ventilation space between bags and allows circulation of convective air current which, in turn, becomes the medium for heat dissipation.

• Chinese Method

• Japanese Method

• Philippine Method

• None of the above

Process in which air moves through the mass of stored grains at a low rate to maintain grain quality.

• Cooling

• Aeration

• Fanning

• None of the above

Wooden frame used in stacking bags of rice.

• Dunnage

• Loading platform

• Bag holder

• All of the above

Warehouse used for storing paddy or rice, either in bulk or in bags.

• Silo

• Godown

• Farmstead

• None of the above

Maximum allowable safe height of sack pile in bag storage.

• 12-16 sacks

• 18-25 sacks

• 28-30 sacks

• None of the above

Recommended stacking density for paddy per cubic meter of space.

• 5 bags

• 10 bags

• 15 bags

• None of the above