Life Eco-Rice

Title: Sustainable management of rice straw

 

Years: 20042007

 

Objective: To reduce the pollution associated with the burning of rice straw and to study possible systems for the recovery of the waste.

 

Summary:

 

Project led by the Valencia City Council in which an alternative management model is sought for one of the main waste generated in the collection of rice crops: rice straw, proposing an alternative to the burning of rice straw after harvesting.  

 

PROJAR participated in the following actions: 

 

– Collection of rice straw from the harvest. 

– Experimental production of organic blankets with rice straw. 

– Application of the blankets on the land of an almond tree farm. 

– Feasibility study of the technology applied by monitoring the results obtained. 

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