Musing on how to give back to farmers the economic value of rice by-products--rice husk, rice hull, rice bran

 

"Nanoparticles from rice husks set for use in batteries"-scidev.net

 

10 rice husk-powered power plants eyed across the country - Inquirer News

 

Power from rice hulls taking shape in Nueva Ecija - Inquirer News

 

 Silica gel from rice hull? - Bureau of Agricultural Research

 Both the rice mill byproduct and the ground hull have found markets as carriers for vitamins, Pharmaceuticals, biologicals, toxicants, and seeds.- books.google.com.ph/books?isbn=0442004850

 Rice bran and germ oil , supplement to improve Your Healthcare ...

 

"Sorption potential of rice husk for the removal of 2,4-dichlorophenol from aqueous solutions: Kinetic and thermodynamic investigations" - (whatever that means-che)

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volume 128, Issue 1, 16 January 2006, Pages 44–52

 "In this work we provide the technological parameters for obtaining silicon dioxide from rice husk for its possible use at the pharmaceutical ..." -
www.jmaterenvironsci.com/.../vol3/.../77-JMES-231-2012-Ledesma.pdf‎

The point in all these news and research reports is that rice by-products have come a long way - from a virtually useless waste to economically valuable products. But as yet, the farmers who produce the raw product is only paid the price for the table rice-at least for the bulk of the paddy rice sold as rough rice. How can we give back to farmers the value of these raw materials use for these valuable by-products?