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M. Gummert et al. (eds.), Sustainable Rice Straw Management,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32373-8_11
Chapter 11
Rice Straw Value Chains and Case Study
on Straw Mushroom in Vietnam’s Mekong
River Delta
Matty Demont, Thi Thanh Truc Ngo, Nguyen Van Hung,
Giang Phuong Duong, Toàn Minh Dương, Hinh The Nguyen,
Ninh Thai Hoang, Marie Claire Custodio, Reianne Quilloy,
and Martin Gummert
Abstract Rice straw is a tradable commodity in food and feed markets, particularly in rice-producing countries such as India, Vietnam, and Cambodia.
Understanding the bottlenecks and linkages of different components and actors in
rice and rice straw value chains is important to identify strategies to extract maximum value out of the straw and encourage diversion of straw utilization from unsustainable practices, such as burning, to more sustainable uses of rice straw. In
Vietnam, for example, demand for mushroom and dairy products generate a market
for high-quality straw, which can be an input for both industries. Mechanized straw
collection is critical to supplying the byproduct as an input for these markets.
Generally, the successful development of rice straw value chains will hinge on
investments in intersectoral upgrading, triggered by the demand for food, feed,
energy, and fiber from a growing urban population and the expanding food and
nonfood industries. This chapter provides: (1) an overview of rice straw value
chains, (2) a case study of rice straw mushroom value chains in Vietnam, and (3)
suggestions for further developments.
M. Demont (*) · N. V. Hung · M. C. Custodio · R. Quilloy · M. Gummert
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
e-mail: m.demont@irri.org; hung.nguyen@irri.org; m.custodio@irri.org;
r.quilloy@irri.org; m.gummert@irri.org
T. T. T. Ngo · T. M. Dương
Can Tho University, Can Tho, Vietnam
e-mail: ntttruc@ctu.edu.vn
G. P. Duong
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy
H. T. Nguyen · N. T. Hoang
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), Hanoi, Vietnam
© The Author(s) 2020
M. Gummert et al. (eds.), Sustainable Rice Straw Management,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32373-8_11
Chapter 11
Rice Straw Value Chains and Case Study
on Straw Mushroom in Vietnam’s Mekong
River Delta
Matty Demont, Thi Thanh Truc Ngo, Nguyen Van Hung,
Giang Phuong Duong, Toàn Minh Dương, Hinh The Nguyen,
Ninh Thai Hoang, Marie Claire Custodio, Reianne Quilloy,
and Martin Gummert
Abstract Rice straw is a tradable commodity in food and feed markets, particularly in rice-producing countries such as India, Vietnam, and Cambodia.
Understanding the bottlenecks and linkages of different components and actors in
rice and rice straw value chains is important to identify strategies to extract maximum value out of the straw and encourage diversion of straw utilization from unsustainable practices, such as burning, to more sustainable uses of rice straw. In
Vietnam, for example, demand for mushroom and dairy products generate a market
for high-quality straw, which can be an input for both industries. Mechanized straw
collection is critical to supplying the byproduct as an input for these markets.
Generally, the successful development of rice straw value chains will hinge on
investments in intersectoral upgrading, triggered by the demand for food, feed,
energy, and fiber from a growing urban population and the expanding food and
nonfood industries. This chapter provides: (1) an overview of rice straw value
chains, (2) a case study of rice straw mushroom value chains in Vietnam, and (3)
suggestions for further developments.
M. Demont (*) · N. V. Hung · M. C. Custodio · R. Quilloy · M. Gummert
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
e-mail: m.demont@irri.org; hung.nguyen@irri.org; m.custodio@irri.org;
r.quilloy@irri.org; m.gummert@irri.org
T. T. T. Ngo · T. M. Dương
Can Tho University, Can Tho, Vietnam
e-mail: ntttruc@ctu.edu.vn
G. P. Duong
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy
H. T. Nguyen · N. T. Hoang
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), Hanoi, Vietnam