Rice is the staple food of more than half of the world’s population, with more than 700 million tons produced annually (equivalent to 470 million tons

The price of rice is a key variable for farmers, consumers, and governments in most of Asia, and in many other parts of the world. Although

Each year, hundreds of millions of tons of rice straw and husks are produced. These rice residues generally have little or no commercial value. Burning of