Rice Husk Charcoal - How to Make - Japan - ARI
by the Asian Rural Institute
page developed by Rina Tanaka, ARI Volunteer
submitted June 2021
Making Rice Husk Charcoal
This page share about how to make rice husk charcoal. To learn more about the properties of charcoal and why we use it, please read this page. https://gyazo.com/c62cf85e69b20ec58d178e79fa82e30b
What materials do we need?
Dry rice husk
Stove: To make a stove, we can make a hole in the bottom of an oil can and insert a chimney (a cylindrical metal pipe)
Some pieces of wood: We use it to start a fire
Water (or access to a water source): We use it to extinguish the fire after making rice husk charcoal
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Simple "homemade" stoves
How do we make rice husk charcoal?
Make a fire inside the stove
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Pile rice husk around the stove
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Make sure that the fire does not come to the surface of the risk husk. If you see flames on the surface, extinguish them by scooping rice husk onto them. (If you do not extinguish these flames, you will make ash instead of rice husk charcoal!)
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When the color of the surface turns black, remove the stove and mix well
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Add water to extinguish fire and mix well
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Some ways we use Rice Husk Charcoal at ARI:
As an ingredient for bokashi
As an ingredient for nursery soil
When transplanting seedlings
As an additive in livestock feed or a material for livestock bedding
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