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(Created page with "Category:Energy sources Nearly every food crop has some parts that are too fibrous for people to eat. These are called '''crop residues'''. ==Examples== * banana leaves & peels * peanut shells * coconut shells * empty corn cobs with no kernels * rice husks * sunflower seed husks * straw ==Uses== # All crop residues can be burned as fuel. # ''Some'' kinds of crop residue can be converted into packaging. # ''Some'' kinds of crop residue can be fed to ruminant...")
 
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# All crop residues can be burned as fuel.
# All crop residues can be burned as fuel.
# ''Some'' kinds of crop residue can be converted into [[packaging]].
# ''Some'' kinds of crop residue can be converted into [[packaging]].
# ''Some'' kinds of crop residue can be fed to ruminants (cows, sheep, goats).
# ''Some'' kinds of crop residue can be converted into protein.
# ''Some'' kinds of crop residue can be used for cultivating [[mushrooms]] - more efficient than ruminants, when it comes to [[efficiency of mushrooms vs ruminants|converting fiber into protein]].
#* Most commonly: By feeding ruminants (cows, sheep, goats).
#* [[efficiency of mushrooms vs ruminants|More efficiently:]] By cultivating mushrooms (the kind you can eat).
# If there's no other use, crop residues can be composted back into the soil.
# If there's no other use, crop residues can be composted back into the soil.