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IADA
P.PINANG IADA KETARA
KADA IADA KSM IADA BLS 7% 3%
11% 10% 12%
IADA KEMASIN
Other SEMERAK
8% 1%
IADA SEB.
MADA PERAK
52% 4%

Fig.1.1.1: Paddy Production in Granary Area in 2011 (Department of Statistic, 2011)

Fig.1.1.2: Paddy Harvesting Calendar in Peninsular Malaysia (BERNAS, 2013)

1.1 Problem Statement

1.1.1 Forest Damage

Wood is one of the main materials in building construction and furniture manufacturing. Wood usage continues to rise from
year to year as the population grows in the world. However, the availability of natural wood is very limited. The high rate of
forest damage followed by increasing public demand for wood makes wood materials in rare conditions so that the price of
natural wood rises sharply. Thus, an alternative wood substitute is needed to overcome this problem. An alternative wood
substitute is a particleboard made of agricultural wastes. One of the potential organic wastes that can be used as raw material for
particleboard manufacturing is rice straw (Odozi TO et al, 1986).

1.1.2 Paddy residue production in Malaysia

Rice straw and rice husks are the main residues from paddy cultivation, generated during the harvesting and milling process.
Malaysia is one of the leading producers of paddy. It has gained 0.48 Million tonne of rice husk with 3,176,593.2 tonnes
production of rice straw in a year due to the emerging technological development in agro-industry (UNDP, 2002). Malaysia’s
agriculture department is targeting to improve the productivity of the paddy sector from the current yield from 3 to 5 tonnes per
hectare to around 8 tonnes per hectare in 2012 and 9 to 10 tonnes per hectare by 2020 (NCER, 2007). Fig.1.2.2.1 shows the time
line of paddy residue production from, 1980 to 2011 (Department of Statistic, 2011). If the target is achieved with 10 tonnes per
hectare, the output of paddy will be increased to 6,575,474.8 tonnes per year.

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