Field evaluation of the equipment available for rice straw baling [electronic resource].

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Recluction of environmental pollution is an important task for the Egyptian government. The burning of rice straw is one of the main sources of seasonal air pollution that known as black cloud. Rice straw may be used for several economical applications such as animal feed, animal house bedding, constructions etc. The loose nature of rice straw makes it difficult to handle rice straw from the field to the locations in which it is required. The availability of baling machines may attract the farmers to collect and sell rice straw bales instead of burning in the field. Several governmental organizations have been assigned to make the technology of rice straw collection and baling available for the farmers to control the phenomena of burning rice straw in the fields. Consequently, variable types of the locally fabricated as well as imported balers are available.

Summary in Arabic.

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