Comments on: Agricultural Wastes in the Philippines

By: Popular Methods for Sustainable Agricultural Waste Management

Popular Methods for Sustainable Agricultural Waste Management — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:40:22 +0000

[…] from farming activities, poses a significant challenge and opportunity in equal measure. The residues from crop production and livestock farming, including crop stalks, animal manure, packaging, and agricultural chemicals, […]

By: Ajoy

Ajoy — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 03:00:07 +0000

In reply to Ajoy. *student

By: Ajoy

Ajoy — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 02:58:53 +0000

Hi sir. Can you recommend/suggest some thesis topics about agricultural wastes particularly on rice, sugar and corn. Thank you. God bless!
By the way, I’am an agricultural biosystems and engineering.

By: Noel Derecho

Noel Derecho — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 06:45:47 +0000

Good Day!

i am interested on studying the characteristics of coconut shell. may used the data pertains to ideas that includes the coconut shells.

By: gopichand shadija

gopichand shadija — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 04:59:03 +0000

dear sir,
we want biodegrable plastic fron bagase ,its technology aveleble in you? please give details.

By: Karen Gangay

Karen Gangay — Tue, 22 May 2018 08:37:21 +0000

Good Day! I just want to ask if you collect a waste of TUBO (Sugar Cane). Everyday we have a 15 sacks of waste coming from our kiosk and our commissary. Can you help me with this matter? Where can we throw our waste?

Thank you.

By: Biomass Energy Potential in Philippines

Biomass Energy Potential in Philippines — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 05:10:23 +0000

[…] Philippines has abundant supplies of biomass resources, including agricultural crop residues, forest residues, animal wastes, agro-industrial wastes, municipal solid wastes and aquatic […]

By: Jade

Jade — Sun, 17 Sep 2017 06:58:37 +0000

Hello Sir,

May we please know the reference of these statements to use in our research.

“Maize is a major crop in the Philippines that generates large amounts of agricultural residues. It is estimated that 4 million tonnes of grain maize and 0.96 million tonnes of maize cobs produced yearly in the Philippines. Maize cob burning is the main energy application of the crop, and is widely practiced by small farmers to supplement fuelwood for cooking.”

By: ken

ken — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 13:37:08 +0000

Dear Salman,
Thanks for the vast knowledge and impact on biomass.i am an exporter of palm kernel shell,pls can we get buyers or importers through your platform

By: Milagros B. Onalan

Milagros B. Onalan — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 01:25:41 +0000

Good day Sir,
Can I use your data in my lecture notes.

Thank you.

Milagros B. Onalan

By: Salman Zafar

Salman Zafar — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 07:23:14 +0000

In reply to Jumark.

Dear Jumark
Rice straw can be degraded by yeast, but thermal pretreatment is required beforehand.

Best wishes
Salman Zafar

CEO, BioEnergy Consult
http://www.bioenergyconsult.com

By: Jumark

Jumark — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 04:05:50 +0000

Is it okay if the rice straw will degraded

By: Salman Zafar

Salman Zafar — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 04:31:35 +0000

In reply to Pines.

Dear Pines
Thanks for reading my article.
The article was originally written 6-7 years ago and I primarily based my findings on the agricultural database of Food and Agricultural Organization FAOSTAT.
Hope this information is helpful.

Best wishes
Salman Zafar

CEO, BioEnergy Consult
http://www.bioenergyconsult.com

By: Pines

Pines — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 01:54:55 +0000

Good day!

Your article is helpful but I’m wondering where did the figure for Rice residues (specifically rice hull) came from?) I mean.. do we have any particular source?
Form this paragraph:
Rice is the staple food in the Philippines. The Filipinos are among the world’s biggest rice consumers. The average Filipino consumes about 100 kilograms per year of rice. Though rice is produced throughout the country, the Central Luzon and Cagayan Valley are the major rice growing regions. With more than 1.2 million hectares of rain-fed rice-producing areas, the country produced around 16 million tons of rice in 2007. The estimated production of rice hull in the Philippines is more than 2 million tons per annum which is equivalent to approximately 5 million BOE (barrels of oil equivalent) in terms of energy. Rice straw is another important biomass resource with potential availability exceeding 5 million tons per year across the country.

I am hoping to use it in my research on rice hull in the Philippines (or in central Luzon)
.
I hope you can help. Thank you.

By: Jay-R Villarba

Jay-R Villarba — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 01:38:53 +0000

sir, do you have the statistics of coconut petiole waste in the country?

By: marie rose la madrid

marie rose la madrid — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 11:52:59 +0000

Good day, Sir. Is it possible for me to know the agricultural waste coming from the pineapple plantations in the Philippines? It would really be helpful for my reference in my research.

Thank you.

By: Salman Zafar

Salman Zafar — Thu, 08 May 2014 04:25:28 +0000

In reply to Rahul Jain.

Dear Rahul
Thanks for your message. Will surely inform whenever there are opportunities for collaboration. You may share a profile of your company at salman@bioenergyconsult.com
Best wishes

Salman Zafar
CEO, BioEnergy Consult

By: Salman Zafar

Salman Zafar — Thu, 08 May 2014 04:22:56 +0000

In reply to Oliver John M. Ortiz.

Dear Oliver
Thanks for your message. Nice to hear about your thesis topic.
I would have been glad to help but unfortunately I am based in India and dont have specific information about locations in Philippines from where you can procure rice straw ash. Will surely inform if I come across potential leads.

Wish you the best!
Salman Zafar

CEO, BioEnergy Consult
http://www.bioenergyconsult.com

By: Rahul Jain

Rahul Jain — Wed, 07 May 2014 18:29:39 +0000

Dear Mr. Salman,
Greetings for your research. As per the quantity of agricultural waste mentioned in your article, it is very clear that Philippines has a very good potential of producing energy from Biomass.
I am working in the field of Biomass from last 5 yrs in India.
Last year we successfully commissioned a 1.5 Tn/Hr Pellet Plant in India with Rice Husk and Rice Straw as major raw material.
With this huge quantity of rice waste, Philippines can become a major Fuel Pellet exporter for Europe.
We can together work on this.
Thanks & Regards

By: Oliver John M. Ortiz

Oliver John M. Ortiz — Wed, 07 May 2014 03:46:07 +0000

Good day sir, i’m a civil engineering undergraduate student of UP Los Banos and i’m interested in conducting a thesis on the viability of “rice straw ash” as a supplementary material in making concrete. Just want to ask where and how to get a significant amount of the said waste product(preferably near Laguna,Philippines). It would be of great help. Thank you and God Bless!

By: Salman Zafar

Salman Zafar — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 09:13:56 +0000

In reply to Krisha Santos.

Dear Krisha
Thanks for the message. Please feel free to use the data in your study. Glad to know that we have been of some help.

Best wishes
Salman Zafar

CEO, BioEnergy Consult

By: Krisha Santos

Krisha Santos — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 09:08:20 +0000

In reply to Salman Zafar. Hello, Sir. May we use the data in our waste characterization study? We are trying to estimate the amount of agricultural waste generated from rice production here in the Municipality of Laoang in Northern Samar, Philippines. We promise to cite the data source properly. Thanks.

By: Salman Zafar

Salman Zafar — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 14:23:35 +0000

In reply to Krisha Santos.

Dear Krisha
Most of the data used in the article is based on our own research.
Hope this information is of interest.

Best wishes
Salman Zafar

CEO, BioEnergy Consult
http://www.bioenergyconsult.com

By: Krisha Santos

Krisha Santos — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 02:37:47 +0000

Good day, Sir. May we inquire where you obtained all the data presented in this article? Thanks.