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SUBMITTER: Nguyen ATQ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6934667 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nguyen Anh T Q ATQ Nguyen Minh N MN
Scientific reports 20191227 1
Rice production helps feed at least half of the world's population but generates approximately one billion tonnes of straw residue per annum. On-site open burning of rice straw after harvesting is common in recent times because there has been less demand for rice straw to use as fuel and fodder. Due to health and climate change concerns, open burning, which results in biomass losses, smog and emissions of green house gases, e.g., CO<sub>2</sub>, has been widely criticized and banned in many coun ...[more]