RI buys Indian rice know-how

RI buys Indian rice know-how

NEW DELHI (DPA): Indian-made technology to produce particle
boards from rice husks rather than wood chips will soon be
adopted in Indonesia under a licensing deal signed yesterday.

India's state-run National Research Development Corporation
(NRDC), which developed the eco-friendly timber substitute, has
already taken patents in several rice-growing countries.

The NDRC and a private firm which is an associate licensee
have already exported the indigenously-developed technology to
Malaysia and will now sell the know-how to an Indonesian firm.

"The use of this agricultural waste material for manufacturing
the highly eco-friendly board is a measure of success that can be
achieved by Indian scientists," NDRC said in a statement.