About 150 million metric tons of rice straw is produced in Southeast Asian countries every year. Several
barriers impeding the collection of rice straw from the fields as well as the lack of knowledge on alternative
uses of rice straw led to the practice of burning which causes air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
To identify the benefits and uses of rice straw for energy generation is the main objective of this research.
The study evaluated the energy balance of the rice straw supply chain and energy conversion through
anaerobic digestion (AD).