Crop residues management: a strategy for development of rural economy in Peru

This paper discuses the opportunity that biomass offer in the development of rural communities, because agriculture is the principal and critical component of the Peruvian economy. Linking agriculture and renewable energy sources is possible a new emerging slowly sustainable economy through the crop residues management. In fact, sugar, rice and agro-industrial sectors (specially in the north region of Peru) could help to create small energetic enterprise utilizing crop residues by providing raw renewable materials for generating electricity, fuel or organic fertilizer, providing at the same time revenue for rural people and environmental protection. Since the early years until now, crop residues are incinerated and new technologies open the possibility of inserting a large number of unskilled manpower into productive activities, reducing poverty. High amount of crops residues could made possible reduce fossil fuel dependence and increase life conditions. Glocal crop residues can be an important part of the solution to meeting the regional energy needs, mitigating global climate change, and revitalizing the rural communities