Several initial studies have highlighted the potential economic and environmental benefits of using rice blocks in construction
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Cement is more expensive in Kyrgyzstan than anywhere else in Central Asia and rice husk is emerging as alternative
Rice husks from the region's paddy fields are usually burned or thrown away
The material is well within reach, with the Batken region producing a third of Kyrgyzstan's rice crop
It may look like an ordinary building site but Akmatbek Uraimov's new house in Kyrgyzstan is being built with blocks of rice.
