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planters. For future food and feed markets, stakeholders from all three countries
agreed that animal feed is the most promising product. Cambodian stakeholders
also saw potential in mushrooms as a future opportunity that needs to be developed.
When looking at future markets for energy and industry, Vietnamese and Cambodian
stakeholders identified bioplastics and biofuels as the most promising, whereas
Philippine experts suggested biofilters/desiccants, nanomaterials, and textiles.
Investment in product and technology development and quality upgrading were
identified to be the main upgrading strategies required to develop rice straw value
chains in the three countries. Investment in rice straw value chain upgrading should
be preceded by proper end-market analysis to assess consumer acceptance of the
new products that are derived from rice straw.
The current rice straw “supply” chains observed in the three countries are short
and supply-driven. All three are on a similar trajectory of intersectoral upgrading
with Vietnam leading, closely followed by Cambodia and the Philippines lagging
behind. However, Philippine stakeholders identified a great diversity of future endmarkets and products. The rich data obtained through the stakeholder workshops in
the three countries indicate that many market opportunities for rice straw are still
untapped and more R&D will be needed to develop these opportunities. The more
these markets are developed, the more rice straw will evolve into a commodity with
increasing market value, and the more farmers will receive monetary (and nonmonetary) incentives to move away from straw burning towards more sustainable uses
of rice straw.
References
FAO (2014) Developing sustainable food value chains: guiding principles. Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome. http://www.fao.org/3/a-i3953e.pdf
Gereffi G (1999) International trade and industrial upgrading in the apparel commodity chain. J Int
Econ 48(1):37–70
IRRI (International Rice Research Institute) (2019) Final report of the BMZ-funded IRRI sustainable rice straw management project (unpubl.)
Kaplinsky R, Morris, M (2000) A handbook for value chain research (Vol. 113). University of
Sussex, Institute of Development Studies
Nguyen VH, Nguyen CD, Van Tran, T, Hau HD, Nguyen NT, Gummert M (2016) Energy efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions, and cost of rice straw collection in the Mekong River Delta
of Vietnam. Field Crop Res 198:16–22
Nguyen VH, Balingbing C, Quilty J, Sander BO, Demont M, Gummert M (2017) Processing
rice straw and husks as coproducts. In: Sasaki T (ed) Achieving sustainable rice cultivation.
Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited, Cambridge, pp 1–33
Reardon T (2015) The hidden middle: the quiet revolution in the midstream of agrifood value
chains in developing countries. Oxf Rev Econ Policy 31(1):45–63
Reardon T, Chen KZ, Minten B, Adriano L, Dao TA, Wang J, Das Gupta S (2014) The quiet revolution in Asia’s rice value chains. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1331:106–118
Toan DM (2018) Mushroom value chain in Dong Thap Province, Vietnam. Masters thesis. Can
Tho University. In: Vietnam
11 Rice Straw Value Chains and Case Study on Straw Mushroom in Vietnam’s…
planters. For future food and feed markets, stakeholders from all three countries
agreed that animal feed is the most promising product. Cambodian stakeholders
also saw potential in mushrooms as a future opportunity that needs to be developed.
When looking at future markets for energy and industry, Vietnamese and Cambodian
stakeholders identified bioplastics and biofuels as the most promising, whereas
Philippine experts suggested biofilters/desiccants, nanomaterials, and textiles.
Investment in product and technology development and quality upgrading were
identified to be the main upgrading strategies required to develop rice straw value
chains in the three countries. Investment in rice straw value chain upgrading should
be preceded by proper end-market analysis to assess consumer acceptance of the
new products that are derived from rice straw.
The current rice straw “supply” chains observed in the three countries are short
and supply-driven. All three are on a similar trajectory of intersectoral upgrading
with Vietnam leading, closely followed by Cambodia and the Philippines lagging
behind. However, Philippine stakeholders identified a great diversity of future endmarkets and products. The rich data obtained through the stakeholder workshops in
the three countries indicate that many market opportunities for rice straw are still
untapped and more R&D will be needed to develop these opportunities. The more
these markets are developed, the more rice straw will evolve into a commodity with
increasing market value, and the more farmers will receive monetary (and nonmonetary) incentives to move away from straw burning towards more sustainable uses
of rice straw.
References
FAO (2014) Developing sustainable food value chains: guiding principles. Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome. http://www.fao.org/3/a-i3953e.pdf
Gereffi G (1999) International trade and industrial upgrading in the apparel commodity chain. J Int
Econ 48(1):37–70
IRRI (International Rice Research Institute) (2019) Final report of the BMZ-funded IRRI sustainable rice straw management project (unpubl.)
Kaplinsky R, Morris, M (2000) A handbook for value chain research (Vol. 113). University of
Sussex, Institute of Development Studies
Nguyen VH, Nguyen CD, Van Tran, T, Hau HD, Nguyen NT, Gummert M (2016) Energy efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions, and cost of rice straw collection in the Mekong River Delta
of Vietnam. Field Crop Res 198:16–22
Nguyen VH, Balingbing C, Quilty J, Sander BO, Demont M, Gummert M (2017) Processing
rice straw and husks as coproducts. In: Sasaki T (ed) Achieving sustainable rice cultivation.
Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited, Cambridge, pp 1–33
Reardon T (2015) The hidden middle: the quiet revolution in the midstream of agrifood value
chains in developing countries. Oxf Rev Econ Policy 31(1):45–63
Reardon T, Chen KZ, Minten B, Adriano L, Dao TA, Wang J, Das Gupta S (2014) The quiet revolution in Asia’s rice value chains. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1331:106–118
Toan DM (2018) Mushroom value chain in Dong Thap Province, Vietnam. Masters thesis. Can
Tho University. In: Vietnam
11 Rice Straw Value Chains and Case Study on Straw Mushroom in Vietnam’s…