DIFFERENT TYPE OF TRADITIONAL STORAGE STRUCTURES

1. TRADITIONAL STORAGE
STRUCTURES
Prepared by
Ashishkumar koradia
akkoradia51@gmail.com

2. What do you mean by storage?
• Storage is an interim and a repeated phase during
transit to agricultural products from processor to
consumer.
• Agricultural products need to be stored from one
harvest to next thus, demanding additional carry
over as safeguard against a following crop of low
yield or poor quality, against speculation in price and
market demand or against shortage and families.

3. Types of storage structures
Traditional storage structures
• Morai type storage structures
• Bukhari
• Mud kothi
• Muda
• Kanaj
• Kuthla

4. Improved storage structures
• Pusa bin
• Brick and cement bin(grain house)
• CAP storage structures

5. Permanent storage
• Shed
• Vertical silos
• Squat silos

6. Some of the storage structures that we will learn
 Kothi
 Bamboo made grain storage structure
 Bin (Pib)
 Rectangular bin
 Random grain stores in plastic bags
 Stone made kothi
 Jar
 Wooden box
 Rigal/Bamboo basket
 Wooden box (Sanduk)

7.  Wooden storage structure
 Mataka
 Mud and straw base storage structure
 Bamboo and mud storage structure

8. Kothi
This is known as kothi
type grain storage
structure.
It was used for storing
the grain in older days.
It was mainly used for
storing Maize,
Wheat,Paddy and Bajra.
Now a days it is not
used.
Its capacity is varies from
15 to 20kg.
Find from petlad.

9. Bamboo made
grain storage
structure
It is found at chosla
village of Dahod district.
It is made bamboo.
It is mainly used as
randomly.
Mainly used for storing
Maize and other local
production.
Capacity is varies from
30 to 40kg.
Other larger size
structures are also
available.

10. Bin(Pib)
This type of structre is
find everywhere.
This picture has been
captured from kapadwanj.
It is mainly used as long
time storage structure.
Mainly used for
Bajra,Wheat,Rice&dals.
Capacity is varies from
70 to 80kg.

11. Rectangular Bin.
 It is also most
commonly used grain
storage structure.
It generally comes in
different capacity.
Mainly used for storing
grains like
Bajra,Wheat,different
types of pulses etc.
Capacity generally varies
from 10 to 50kg.
It is mainly used for long
term grain storge.

12. Random grain stores
in plastic bags.
Most commonly type of
grain storage method.
In this type of structure
some fixed quantity of
grains are store in plastic
bags and put the bags on
one another.
This type of storage
occurs mainly at the corner
of the room,Hall and large
Godown.
Bag capacity generally
varies between 5 to 50kg.
Picture has captured
from unja.

13. Stone made kothi
It has found at vana(
surendranagar).
It was built from stones.
It was used for storing
grains in small quantity.
Used for Storing
Bajra,Wheat&Rice.
Capacity is varies from 8
to 10kg.
Mainly they are come
from rectangular or Square
shape.

14. Jar
Most of in every kitchen
you find these types of
storage structures.
In this type small
quantity of grains are
stored in plastic or Jar
made from glass.
It is used for tentative
storge.
Capacity generally varies
from 2 to 5kg.
Used for storing
sugar,Tea,Mirch
powder,Turmeric powder.

15. Wooden box(Sanduk)
Used in Karnataka,
A.P ,M.P, Chattisgarh.
Size varies W 2-3’ L
4-6’ and H2-4’
Wooden plank 0.5-2
inch.
Some time inside
partition.
Capacity varies 60-
100 kg.

16. Rigal/Bamboo
Basket
Used in
Himachalpradesh,
Uttrakhand and assam.
Weaved by twings/strips.
Plastered by cow dung.
Single opening at upper
side.
Capacity varies 5-10 kg.

17. Wooden storage
structure
Used in hilly and cold
areas called “Bakhars”.
Size 8’*6’
Small outlets to avoid
moisture exposure in the
store while , drawing
grains.
Provision for Locking.

18. Kothi.

Uttarakhand, Rajasthan
and Himachal pradesh.
Made with clay, wheat
straw and cow dung.
Plastered and painted by
Clay and cow dung.
Wall thickness about 2-
4inches.
An opening at upper side
of Kothi for filling the grains.
The opening is made of
same materials.
After filling the grains it is
plastered and painted with
pest made of clay and cow
dung.

19. Mataka
Used in Haryana, U.P,
punjab, M.P, Jharkhand
and Bihar.
Made up of sandy clay
and burnt in fire to make
harden.
Painted by water colour.
Walls are 1-2cm. Thick
Capacity varies about 5-
10 lts.
Single opening with
cover.

20. Bamboo and Mud
based structure.
Known as Gummi in
Assam.
Plastered and painted by
clay and cow dung.
Wheat straw is used for
sealing the grain bags in
the Gummi.
Covered with striped
biomass of sugar cane.

21. Mud and Straw
based structure.
Used for out door
storage.
Prepared by mud and
straw.
Plastered and painted by
clay and cow dung.
Covered by striped
biomass.

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