... harvesting. Machineharvesting is beneficial in terms of quickharvesting of the crop and hence in terms of minimizing harvesting losses.Table 3.Effect of harvesting methods on the harvesting ... tominimize rice grain cracking after drying orduring milling stage. The study, includingexperiments and survey on the flat-bed dryer,focused on the cracking of paddy grains, and on comparing ... situation of the millingsystem in Kien Giang Province based onresults of survey conducted duringtwo years(2006-2008), introducing various milling lines and equipments, and evaluating the investmentefficiency,...