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live-weight per day (Drake et al. 2002). Urea treatment of straw, which is rice straw
ensilaged with 2–4% urea can improve consumption and digestibility of the rice
straw as fodder. This technology is discussed in more detail in Chap. 7.
1.4 Conclusions and Recommendations
Upgrading the value chain of rice straw-byproducts and employing sustainable
straw-management practices are the key to influencing farmers not to do open-field
burning and thus avoid the negative environmental and health consequences.
Incorporating rice straw into the soil is an option; however, it needs to be considered
carefully to ensure timely decomposition and to minimize GHGE. Mechanized collection with balers plays a critical role in the sustainable use of rice straw. Alternative
straw management options, such as straw-based mushroom and feed production,
mechanized composting to produce organic fertilizer, etc., are discussed in the
remaining chapters of the book.
This book focuses on the scalable options that will add economic value to rice
production in Asia. Reviewed and updated information as well as scientific evidence
on sustainable rice-straw management will be useful for further developments and
related policies. Topics for another publication could be how rice straw can be used
to produce biofuel and high-end materials, such as bioplastics, biofibers, and silica.
References
Barmina I, Lickrastina A, Valdmanis R, Zake M, Arshanitsa A, Solodovnik V, Telysheva G (2013)
Effects of biomass composition variations on gasification and combustion characteristics.
Engineering for rural development. Jelgava 05:23–24
Braunbeck CM (1998) Development of a rice husk furnace for preheating of the drying air of a low
temperature drying system, PhD thesis, University of Hohenheim
Chou C, Lin S, Lu W (2009) Preparation and characterization of solid biomass fuel made from rice
straw and rice bran. Fuel Process Technol 90(7–8):980–987
Dobermann A, Fairhurst TH (2002) Rice straw management. Better Crops International, vol 16,
Special supplement, May 2002. http://www.ipni.net/publication/bci.nsf/0/163087B956D0EFF
485257BBA006531E8/$FILE/Better%20Crops%20International%202002-3%20p07.pdf
Drake D, Nader G, Forero L (2002) Feeding rice straw to cattle. Publication 8079. University of
California. Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu
Duan F, Chyang C, Zhang L, Yin S (2015) Bed agglomeration characteristics of rice straw combustion in a vortexing fluidized-bed combustor. Bioresour Technol 183:195–202
Goyal S, Sindhu SS (2011) Composting of rice straw using different inocula and analysis of compost quality. Microbiol J 4:126–138
Guillemot A, Bruant R, Pasquiou V, Boucher E (2014) Feasibility study for the implementation
of two ORC power plants of 1 MWe each using rice straw as a fuel in the context of a publicprivate partnership with the institutions PhilRice and UPLB. ENERTIME, Courbevoie
IRRI (International Rice Research Institute) (2019) World rice statistics. http://ricestat.irri.
org:8080/wrsv3/entrypoint.htm
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live-weight per day (Drake et al. 2002). Urea treatment of straw, which is rice straw
ensilaged with 2–4% urea can improve consumption and digestibility of the rice
straw as fodder. This technology is discussed in more detail in Chap. 7.
1.4 Conclusions and Recommendations
Upgrading the value chain of rice straw-byproducts and employing sustainable
straw-management practices are the key to influencing farmers not to do open-field
burning and thus avoid the negative environmental and health consequences.
Incorporating rice straw into the soil is an option; however, it needs to be considered
carefully to ensure timely decomposition and to minimize GHGE. Mechanized collection with balers plays a critical role in the sustainable use of rice straw. Alternative
straw management options, such as straw-based mushroom and feed production,
mechanized composting to produce organic fertilizer, etc., are discussed in the
remaining chapters of the book.
This book focuses on the scalable options that will add economic value to rice
production in Asia. Reviewed and updated information as well as scientific evidence
on sustainable rice-straw management will be useful for further developments and
related policies. Topics for another publication could be how rice straw can be used
to produce biofuel and high-end materials, such as bioplastics, biofibers, and silica.
References
Barmina I, Lickrastina A, Valdmanis R, Zake M, Arshanitsa A, Solodovnik V, Telysheva G (2013)
Effects of biomass composition variations on gasification and combustion characteristics.
Engineering for rural development. Jelgava 05:23–24
Braunbeck CM (1998) Development of a rice husk furnace for preheating of the drying air of a low
temperature drying system, PhD thesis, University of Hohenheim
Chou C, Lin S, Lu W (2009) Preparation and characterization of solid biomass fuel made from rice
straw and rice bran. Fuel Process Technol 90(7–8):980–987
Dobermann A, Fairhurst TH (2002) Rice straw management. Better Crops International, vol 16,
Special supplement, May 2002. http://www.ipni.net/publication/bci.nsf/0/163087B956D0EFF
485257BBA006531E8/$FILE/Better%20Crops%20International%202002-3%20p07.pdf
Drake D, Nader G, Forero L (2002) Feeding rice straw to cattle. Publication 8079. University of
California. Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu
Duan F, Chyang C, Zhang L, Yin S (2015) Bed agglomeration characteristics of rice straw combustion in a vortexing fluidized-bed combustor. Bioresour Technol 183:195–202
Goyal S, Sindhu SS (2011) Composting of rice straw using different inocula and analysis of compost quality. Microbiol J 4:126–138
Guillemot A, Bruant R, Pasquiou V, Boucher E (2014) Feasibility study for the implementation
of two ORC power plants of 1 MWe each using rice straw as a fuel in the context of a publicprivate partnership with the institutions PhilRice and UPLB. ENERTIME, Courbevoie
IRRI (International Rice Research Institute) (2019) World rice statistics. http://ricestat.irri.
org:8080/wrsv3/entrypoint.htm
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