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Straw

Bio-based material from cereal crops encouraged for use in construction, referenced as an example from Building Balance in the Netherlands.

Cereal straw (Triticum spp. (residue))
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Carbon storage

2–5 tCO2eq/ha/yr

Cereal-harvest residue (food-first); low net rate, and removing straw slightly lowers soil carbon. Indicative.

Agronomy + economics

Soil organic carbon delta

-0.1 t C/ha/yr

Positive = net storage; steady-state estimate from EU literature.

Suitable landscapes

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