The Taitung District Agricultural Research and Extension station (TTDARES) and the Jinfeng township office jointly conducted the first quality evaluation of the aboriginal millet in the South-link area, which was successfully completed on August 12.
The evaluation is divided into three stages. The first stage is to detect pesticide residues, moisture content and bulk density of unhulled millet. The second stage is to check the impurities, imperfect grains and uniformity of the hulled millet. The third stage is the sensory evaluation, in which four judges evaluate the color, texture, taste and smell of the cooked pure millet rice (Fig. 1). The scores of the three stages were summed up for evaluation. This time the competition was fierce and the results were hard to distinguish. In the end, Hu Ming-Zhi won the first place in this millet quality evaluation (Fig. 2).
Chen Hsin-Yen, director of TTDARES, said that the south-link area of Taitung is the main production area of the millet in Taiwan. In order to enhance the visibility of " South-link millet " and promote the industrial development of the aboriginal millet, we allow farmers to learn from each other through the open and fair millet evaluation, so that farmers' cultivation techniques can be more sophisticated, and friendly farming is more valued. It is expected that the quality and brand characteristics of " South-link Millet " will be fully improved.
The evaluation is divided into three stages. The first stage is to detect pesticide residues, moisture content and bulk density of unhulled millet. The second stage is to check the impurities, imperfect grains and uniformity of the hulled millet. The third stage is the sensory evaluation, in which four judges evaluate the color, texture, taste and smell of the cooked pure millet rice (Fig. 1). The scores of the three stages were summed up for evaluation. This time the competition was fierce and the results were hard to distinguish. In the end, Hu Ming-Zhi won the first place in this millet quality evaluation (Fig. 2).
Chen Hsin-Yen, director of TTDARES, said that the south-link area of Taitung is the main production area of the millet in Taiwan. In order to enhance the visibility of " South-link millet " and promote the industrial development of the aboriginal millet, we allow farmers to learn from each other through the open and fair millet evaluation, so that farmers' cultivation techniques can be more sophisticated, and friendly farming is more valued. It is expected that the quality and brand characteristics of " South-link Millet " will be fully improved.
