Characterization of Physical and Chemical Quality of Selected Indonesian Rice based on Geographical Origin

Abstract

Local rice with typical quality characteristics that linked strongly with its geographical origin needs to be promoted as geographical indication products for marketing and legal protection purposes. Characterization of both physical and chemical quality parameters, therefore, need to be studied. A local rice variety called ‘Rojolele’ and the other rice variety for comparison purposes was collected from different regions in Central Java province and determined their quality parameters. The results then were tested with ANOVA. Rice quality characteristic differences among various geographical origins were observed and discussed in this paper. Keywords: Geographical Indication; Quality; Rice; Rojolele