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Carlito Balingbing earned his PhD in Agricultural Sciences from the University of Kassel, Witzenhausen under the auspices of ACINAR thru ATSAF Academy. His research focused on acoustic monitoring of insect pests in stored rice using CNNs and MEMS microphones. He works with IRRI on postharvest, mechanization, precision farming, and digital tools to support sustainable rice production and smallholder farmers.
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Insect pests in storage are causes of major losses worldwide. Acoustic sensors can detect the presence of insects in grain through their sound signature, thus enabling early warning to farmers and traders. This research investigates the applicability of an affordable acoustic sensor, which uses micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) microphone adap...
Studies reported that 12-40% of stored grains are lost due to insects, but the use of early detection devices such as acoustic sensors can guide subsequent storage management to reducing losses. Acoustic detection can directly identify the cause of damage (i.e., insects) in stored grains rather than the effect (e.g., RH, temperature) and it is capa...
Insect pests in storage are detrimental to grains and can cause losses of about 12% due to physical damage. The use of acoustic sensor can directly identify insects’ presence in grain mass through their sound signature which could provide early warning to rice storage related actors (e.g., farmers, traders, etc.) to implement timely preventive meas...
One of the major barriers to improving the rice value chain in Asian countries is farmers’ lack of knowledge and their limited access to good and scale-appropriate technologies and practices. This chapter reviews the main features, benefits, and potential barriers of technologies and practices developed and promoted under the CORIGAP project. These...
Rice production in the Central Plains of Thailand plays a key role in the country’s food security. However, the overuse of inputs coupled with the rising production costs are making it increasingly difficult for smallholder rice farming to remain economically and environmentally sustainable. Replicated production-scale field trials of Cost Reductio...
Laser-controlled land leveling (LLL) can help improve rice production's spatial and temporal management, leading to optimized water and crop management. This research resulted in sustainable performance indicators to illustrate that LLL is a sustainable technology for rice production. The assessment was conducted in Cambodia, the Philippines, Thail...
The increasing utilization of rice combine harvesters in the Philippines has made collection of scattered rice straw difficult and laborious. While there are high demands for using rice straw, e.g., for feed or mushroom production, rice straw is predominantly burned in the field due to labor shortages and the high manual cost of collection, particu...
We developed an inflatable solar dryer for mushroom drying, which was adapted from the Solar Bubble DryerTM originally designed for paddy drying. The improved dryer with an added perforated elevated floor ensured the quality without any requirement of mixing or turning of the mushrooms during drying. Its drying performance and economic feasibility...
The introduction of combine harvesters has made rice straw collection a major challenge and has brought bottlenecks to the rice straw supply chain. Due to this and the lack of knowledge on the straw’s alternative uses, farmers burn the biomass in the field for ease of land preparation. This practice creates negative impacts on human health and the...
Managing rice straw remains a challenge in Asia where more rice, and hence, more straw, is grown each year to meet rising demand. The widespread burning of rice straw is a major contributor to dangerously high levels of air pollution in South- and Southeast Asia associated with health issues. At the same time, researchers, engineers, and entreprene...
The research provided scientific evidences for improved rice straw management. Rice cultivation with in-field burning of rice straw is the worst option with the lowest energy efficiency and highest air pollution emission. This article comprises a comparative assessment of energy efficiency and the environmental footprint of rice production using fo...
Open-burning of rice straw residues pollutes the air and contributes to global warming through emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Although burning of straw residues emits large amounts of CO2 , this component of the smoke is not considered as net GHG emissions and only concludes the annual carbon cycle that has started with photosynthesis. Hence...
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 an...
This study was conducted to evaluate the energy balances of rice straw supply chains and energy conversion through anaerobic digestion (AD). Rice straw supply chains included the operations of harvesting, collection, handling, transportation, and storage. Two supply chain options were considered - manual and mechanized operations. The biogas produc...
This study was conducted to evaluate the energy balances of rice straw supply chains and energy conversion through anaerobic digestion (AD). Rice straw supply chains included the operations of harvesting, collection, handling, transportation, and storage. Two supply chain options were considered - manual and mechanized operations. The biogas produc...
Irrigated lowland rice farming systems are the food baskets of Asia, producing 75% of the world's rice. The Long Term Continuous Cropping Experiment (LTCCE) at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), which continues to sustain high yields and soil fertility after 52 years and 150 consecutive rice crops, demonstrates that the productivity...
Ninety percent of the world's rice is produced and consumed in Asia. Millions of rice producers are resource-poor farmers with a rice area of less than one hectare. Yield increase and the introduction of double-cropping systems have ensured that rice production has kept up with an increasing demand. However, the increased quantities of grain and th...
