Crop residues
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 ruminants (cows, sheep, goats).
- Some kinds of crop residue can be used for cultivating mushrooms - more efficient than ruminants, when it comes to converting fiber into protein.
- If there's no other use, crop residues can be composted back into the soil.
Supply
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See also
- Biomass waste - which includes crop residues