Green Global
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MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN SOME SELECTED COLD STORAGE IN BANGLADESH (Pages : 48 - 54)

An attempt was made to study the management practice of some selected cold storage in Rangpur district where the main objective was to assess the management practices, to identify the major problems encountered during operations, to compare the economic assessment of private cold storage and BADC cold storage. Data were collected through interview schedule from four private cold storages and one BADC cold storages of Rangpur districts. It was found that the visited five cold storages were found to be operated within the temperature range of 1.67 to 2.80C and relative humidity was maintained within the range of 80 to 95 percent. Operating hours of the cold storage unit range from 10 to 18 hrs. The control system was either manual or automatic. Average capacity utilization ranged from 74.42 to 100 percent. The weight losses due to evaporation of moisture from potatoes in different cold storages range from 1.2 to 2.38 percent. The storage was period in between 8.5 to 9.5 month. The cold storage facilities and their management were conforming to the requirements laid down by national codes of practices, insurance companies, banks, international and national standard or recommendations. It is also found that none of the cold storage suffered losses, but the profit (Tk/ton) is comparatively less in BADC cold storage than the privately owned cold storages. The present study indicates that there are no special problems on the technological side regarding the cold storage in Bangladesh. Therefore, cold storage facilities can be effectively used for storage of potato in Bangladesh.Download