POST-HARVEST

MANAGEMENT OF GRAINS

Segun Philip Olupinla

June2 021

POST-HARVEST MANAGEMENT OF GRAINS

-Thinking post harvests management of grains, few
questions comes to mind which are;
1. Why the much ado about it?

2. How best can it be accomplished?

3. What are the key goals or achievement focus?

4. What are necessary to accomplish it successfully?

Why the much ado about
it?
-Post harvest management of grains becomes highly
important because;
1. Grain losses must be reduced to the barest minimum

2. Market glot must be prevented

3. Varieties must be recognized and handled based on

their various genetic management principles

4. distributions must be properly programmed to serve

the required needs
5. Contaminants must be prevented from touching the
grains to ensure edibility

6. Grain quality must be protected to meet industrial

specifications

7. Value addition must be guaranteed to encourage

increase and consistent production.

8. Again, SDG 2 have to be considered and worked

towards achieving it.
Why the much ado about
it?
-There are 8 main strategic stages of post harvest
management
-Each stage has its own post-harvest management
techniques

-The stages captures post harvest activities from farms

to markets

-If each stage are strategically handles in terms of

management, the goals will be easily achieved.
 STRATEGIC POST HARVEST
MANAGEMENT OF GRAINS

1. 2. THRESING AND
HARVESTING CLEANING

3. DRYING 4. STORAGE 5. MILLING

6.
PACKAGING 7. DISTRIBUTION
 HARVES
TING
-Qualitative and quantitative losses can be prevented if
harvesting is properly done.

-At this stage, proper methods must be adopted, given

the peculiarity of each grain spp.

-Harvesting must be done at maturity and an ideal

moisture content, usually 18-20 for maize
 THRESH
ING
-At threshing level, care must be made to use the proper
methods or adopt the use of the right machines, given
the right moisture content.

-At times, grains quality get reduced when the threshing

activities are not properly coordinated, especially, grain
damages, stone intrusion, pre-storage contaminations,
etc.
 DRYIIN
-There are various technologies available forG
grain drying
in Nigeria, spanning from local to advanced methods

-Choosing the right drying methods of drying is a key

post-harvest management technique.

-It’s quite easy to get grain quality badly reduced if

drying is badly done. Timing is a key issue for drying;
especially in the case of different spp.

-Note that level of moisture content can adversely or

otherwise affect the industrial acceptance grains.
 STORAG
-Storage is almost the most important aspectEof post-
harvest grain management

-It is so important that the success of all other strategic

stages depend on it

-Grain type and SPP must be considered to choose the

best storage type and approach

-Post harvest managers must have as part of their

professional ethics, constant evaluation of stored grains
to ascertain the level of quality at given spaces of time.
 MILLIN
Greadily
-Conversion of grains to softer forms makes it
available for both domestic and industrial use.
-There are various types of milling machines, which must
be chosen based on the size required for market
consumption.
-At milling points, the quality of the grains may as well
be jeopardized, therefore, cautions must be thrown into
the air in the cause of handling the milled product.

-Although, milling helps grain management, micro-

organisms may easily be erroneously be introduced
 PACKA
-Hygiene is the hallmark of packaging. this isGING
because, if
grains (milled or unmilled) are not packaged under good
hygienic conditions to prevent contaminations

-Choosing and using a good packaging material is essential

for grain packaging to prevent transit qualitative and
quantitative loss.

-Packaging is good, but must be done scientifically by

considering time of usage, purpose of usage and quantity
required.
 DISTRIBU
-Distribution is best done by scientificTION
planning of flow,
which captures, time, place and purpose of usage.

-At the level of management, care must be made to

consider strictly the scientific distribution chart before
vehicle choice, loading and transportation to designated
spots.

-The unloading and packing techniques must also be guided

by the management, possibly by direct instructions.
GOALS OF POST-HARVEST
GRAIN MANAGMENT
1. Reduction of Grain losses
2. Prevention of Market glut
3. Encouragement of Genetic engineering that produces
varieties
4. Checking of the spread and effect of contaminants

5. Achievement of grain quality suitable for industrial use

6. Value addition to encourage increase and consistent

production.

7. Achievement of SDG 2
 REQUIREMENT FOR
ACHIEVING POST-HARVEST
MANAGEMENT OF GRAINS
1. Trainings
2. Policy development
3. Research and Evaluation

4. Private and public collaboration

5. Good proposal development

6. Donor sponsorship

7. Proper Extension services