Fermentation Quality and Additives: A Case of Rice Straw Silage

Table 1

Abundance of rice straw across the continents of the world in 2014.

Continent	Rice production (million tonnes)	Rice straw (million tonnes)
Oceania (Australia)	0.9	0.72
Europe	4.1	3.28
North America	12.8	10.24
South America	25.4	20.32
Africa	27.6	22.08
Asia	673.6	538.88
Total	744.4	595.52

The amount of rice straw generated (dry ton/year) is 0.8 tonnes per tonne of rice produced (ton/year).
Source: [12].