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Sugarcane Trash as a Source of Biomass Energy

Salman Zafar — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 19:22:02 +0000

Sugarcane trash (also know as cane trash) is an excellent biomass resource in sugar-producing countries worldwide. The amount of cane trash produced depends on the plant variety, age of the crop at harvest and soil and weather conditions. Typically it...

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How to Improve the Quality of Your Soil in Your Garden: 5 Steps

Salman Zafar — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 19:38:25 +0000

Soil is important, whether you’re growing prize winning roses, landscape shrubs or your own fruit trees. All need to be in the right type of soil to get the nutrient they need. Even beginners can improve the quality of the...

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Rice Straw as a Source of Biomass Energy

Salman Zafar — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:48:33 +0000

The cultivation of rice results in two types of biomass residues – straw and husk – having attractive potential in terms of energy. Rice husk, the main by-product from rice milling, accounts for roughly 22% of paddy weight, while rice...

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Biomass Pelletization Process: An Overview

Salman Zafar — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:37:28 +0000

Biomass pellets are a popular type of biomass fuel, generally made from wood wastes, agricultural biomass, commercial grasses and forestry residues. In addition to savings in transportation and storage, pelletization of biomass facilitates easy and cost effective handling. Dense cubes...

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Date Palm Wastes as a Biomass Resource

Salman Zafar — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:04:26 +0000

Date palm is one of the principal agricultural products in the arid and semi-arid region of the world, especially Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. There are more than 120 million date palm trees worldwide yielding several million tons...

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Popular Methods for Sustainable Agricultural Waste Management

Salman Zafar — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:52:22 +0000

Agricultural waste, encompassing both organic and inorganic materials leftover 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, present a...

Biomass Wastes from Palm Oil Mills: Things You Should Know

Salman Zafar — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:45:58 +0000

The Palm Oil industry in Asia and Africa generates large quantity of biomass wastes whose disposal is a challenging task. In the Palm Oil mill, fresh fruit bunches are sterilized after which the oil fruits can be removed from the...

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Sugarcane Trash – A Renewable Fuel of Today and Future

Aru Mangla — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 20:31:30 +0000

In Indian sugar mills, the frequent cycles of ups and downs in the core business of selling sugar has led to the concentration towards the trend of ancillary businesses, like cogeneration power plant and ethanol production, becoming the profit centres....

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Biomass Handling Equipment You Should Know About

Salman Zafar — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:47:47 +0000

The physical handling of biomass fuels during collection or at a processing plant can be challenging task, particularly for solid biomass. Biomass fuels tend to vary with density, moisture content and particle size and can also be corrosive. Therefore biomass...

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Anaerobic Digestion of Animal Waste: Process Description

Salman Zafar — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 17:47:03 +0000

Animal waste is a valuable source of nutrients and renewable energy. However, most of the waste is collected in lagoons or left to decompose in the open which pose a significant environmental hazard. The air pollutants emitted from manure include...

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What Are The Different Uses Of Biochar

Sameer Usmani — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:45:16 +0000

Biochar is a carbon-rich, fine-grained residue which can be produced either by ancient techniques (such as covering burning biomass with soil and allowing it to smoulder) or state-of-the-art modern biomass pyrolysis processes. Combustion and decomposition of woody biomass and agricultural...

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7 Crop Health Metrics That Matter to Farmers

Salman Zafar — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 20:10:35 +0000

Crop health is of paramount importance to farmers; thus, careful and consistent monitoring of crop health is an absolute must. A recent study on coffee yield losses from 2013 to 2015 revealed that pests and diseases led to high primary...

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The Increasing Importance of Internet Access For Rural Areas

Salman Zafar — Wed, 20 May 2026 14:08:47 +0000

Can you believe that by 2025, the worldwide smart agriculture market is expected to soar to a staggering $15.3 billion? Factors such as growing populations, escalating food demands, and innovative farming technologies fuel this expansion. As agricultural tools become increasingly...

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Salient Features of Sugar Industry in Mauritius

Salman Zafar — Tue, 19 May 2026 13:58:26 +0000

Sugar industry has always occupied a prominent position in the Mauritian economy since the introduction of sugarcane around three centuries ago. Mauritius has been a world pioneer in establishing sales of bagasse-based energy to the public grid, and is currently...

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Why Organic Food Practices Will See A Boom In Coming Years?

Salman Zafar — Sat, 09 May 2026 12:46:11 +0000

Organic foods are going to take off and see a boom in the coming years. The food industry is ready for it and it is time for more people to switch to organic produce. When you start swapping your everyday...

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How is Biomass Transported: A Beginner’s Guide

Salman Zafar — Sun, 03 May 2026 12:15:37 +0000

Transporting biomass fuel to a power plant is an important aspect of any biomass energy project. Because a number of low moisture fuels can be readily collected and transported to a centralized biomass plant location or aggregated to enhance project...

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Everything You Should Know About Agricultural Residues

Salman Zafar — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:37:54 +0000

The term agricultural residue is used to describe all the organic materials which are produced as by-products from harvesting and processing of agricultural crops. These residues can be further categorized into primary residues and secondary residues. Agricultural residues, which are...

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Charcoal Briquette Production in the Middle East: Perspectives

Eko Sb Setyawan — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:54:03 +0000

There is a huge demand for charcoal briquettes in the Middle East, especially in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and UAE. However the production of charcoal in the Middle East is in nascent stages despite the availability of biomass resources, especially date...

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5 Ways to Shop For Food Responsibly

Salman Zafar — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 09:21:02 +0000

Nowadays, we can get food from the four corners of the Earth. If you want tropical fruit during the winter, you can get it. You’ll never run out of oranges, mangoes, or bananas. While these fruits and other imported foods...

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Bagasse-Based Cogeneration in Pakistan: Challenges and Opportunities

Nimra Naeem — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 05:17:56 +0000

Considering the fact that Pakistan is among the world’s top-10 sugarcane producers, the potential of generating electricity from bagasse is huge. Almost all the sugar mills in Pakistan have in-house plants for cogeneration but they are inefficient in the consumption...

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Agricultural Biomass Resources in Malaysia: An Overview

Salman Zafar — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 20:04:26 +0000

Malaysia is located in a region where biomass productivity is high which means that the country can capitalize on this renewable energy resource to supplements limited petroleum and coal reserves. Malaysia, as a major player in the palm oil and...

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How to Reduce the Establishment Costs of Miscanthus

John O’Loughlin — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 17:37:50 +0000

Miscanthus has been lauded as a dynamic high potential biomass energy crop for some time now due to its high yields, low input requirements and perennial nature. Miscanthus is commonly used as a biomass fuel to produce heat and electricity...

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How Farmers Are Using Water Conservation

Salman Zafar — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:03:20 +0000

There is a quote attributed to Mark Twain: “Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over.” Water has always been the first and most precious resource for any community. Mark Twain would have seen this along the Mississippi River...

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Technologies for Sustainable Forestry and Sustainable Agriculture

Salman Zafar — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 15:27:04 +0000

Innovative technologies can help improve the resilience of different industries. Agriculture and forestry are no exception. In this piece, you will find out whether you can take care of the health of the fields, detect common tree diseases promptly and...

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Agricultural Wastes in the Philippines

Salman Zafar — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:18:01 +0000

The Philippines is mainly an agricultural country with a land area of 30 million hectares, 47 percent of which is agricultural. The total area devoted to agricultural crops is 13 million hectares distributed among food grains, food crops and non-food...

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Biomass Sector in India – Problems and Challenges

Achal Gupta — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 20:01:41 +0000

Biomass power plants in India are based mostly on agricultural wastes. Gasifier-based power plants are providing a great solution for off-grid decentralized power and are lighting homes in several Indian states. While for providing grid-based power 8-15 MW thermal biomass...

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The Role of Biomass Energy Systems in Rural Development

Salman Zafar — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 08:45:27 +0000

Biomass energy systems not only offer significant possibilities for clean energy production and agricultural waste management but also foster sustainable development in rural areas. The increased utilization of biomass energy will be instrumental in safeguarding the environment, generation of new...

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Biomass Energy in China

Miriam Fernandez — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 08:39:47 +0000

Biomass energy in China has been developing at a rapid pace. The installed biomass power generation capacity in China increased sharply from 1.4 GW in 2006 to 14.88 GW in 2017. While the energy share of biomass remains relatively low...

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5 Small, Positive Environmental Differences You Can Make in Your Backyard

Salman Zafar — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 06:33:39 +0000

We’re all struggling to find ways to reduce our carbon footprint and make a difference in the fight against climate change. However, sometimes it feels like a lost cause – how can one person change things? The truth is that...

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Biomass Resources from Sugar Industry

Salman Zafar — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 00:08:06 +0000

Sugarcane is one of the most promising agricultural sources of biomass energy in the world. It is the most appropriate agricultural energy crop in most sugarcane producing countries due to its resistance to cyclonic winds, drought, pests and diseases, and...

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Biofuels from Lignocellulosic Biomass

Salman Zafar — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 21:26:27 +0000

Lignocellulosic biomass consists of a variety of materials with distinctive physical and chemical characteristics. It is the non-starch based fibrous part of plant material. Lignocellulose is a generic term for describing the main constituents in most plants, namely cellulose, hemicelluloses,...

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CSA Farm: What You Need to Know

Salman Zafar — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 21:23:39 +0000

In recent years more and more people are getting behind local shopping and local eating. As a result, we see more farmers’ markets popping up to help those trying to shop locally. CSA is the modern-day savior of the industry...

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Energy Potential of Coconut Biomass

Salman Zafar — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 19:57:24 +0000

Coconuts are produced in 92 countries worldwide on about more than 10 million hectares. Indonesia, Philippines and India account for almost 75% of world coconut production with Indonesia being the world’s largest coconut producer. A coconut plantation is analogous to...

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Biomass Resources from Rice Industry

Salman Zafar — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:04:11 +0000

The cultivation of rice results in two major types of biomass wastes – Straw and Husk –having attractive potential in terms of biomass energy. Although the technology for rice husk utilization is well-proven in industrialized countries of Europe and North...

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Biomass Energy in Vietnam

Salman Zafar — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:19:06 +0000

Vietnam is one of the few countries having a low level of energy consumption in the developing world with an estimated amount of 210 kg of oil equivalent per capita/year. A significant portion of the Vietnamese population does not have...

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Utilization of Date Palm Biomass

Salman Zafar — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 12:25:56 +0000

Date palm trees produce huge amount of agricultural wastes in the form of dry leaves, stems, pits, seeds etc. A typical date tree can generate as much as 20 kilograms of dry leaves per annum while date pits account for...

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Everything You Should Know About Biomass Storage Methods

Salman Zafar — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 09:16:28 +0000

Sufficient biomass storage is necessary to accommodate seasonality of production and ensure regular supply to the biomass utilization plant. The type of storage will depend on the properties of the biomass, especially moisture content. For high moisture biomass intended to...

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Could Biomass Be The Answer To South Africa’s Energy Problem

Salman Zafar — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 08:21:03 +0000

South Africa is experiencing a mammoth energy crisis with its debt-laden national power utility, Eskom, being unable to meet the electricity needs of the nation. After extensive periods of load shedding in 2018 and again earlier this year, it is becoming increasingly...

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The Energy Value of Agricultural Wastes

Salman Zafar — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 05:11:17 +0000

Large quantities of agricultural wastes, resulting from crop cultivation activities, are a promising source of energy supply for production, processing and domestic activities in the rural areas. The available agricultural residues are either being used inefficiently or burnt in the...

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Grain Storage Options For All Uses

Salman Zafar — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 02:56:16 +0000

There are so many grain storage options at your disposal that choosing the right one can become an overwhelming decision. There are a lot of factors to consider such as price, vessel, temperature, and moisture. To keep from overwhelming yourself,...

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