Kyzyl-Kiya, Kyrgyzstan, July 7, 2025 (AFP) - Houses made from rice: Kyrgyzstan's eco-friendly revolution

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2025-07-07

It may look like an ordinary building site but Akmatbek Uraimov's new house in Kyrgyzstan is being built with blocks of rice. The eco-friendly alternative to conventional construction materials is booming in the Central Asian country, which is vulnerable to global warming and grapples with water shortages. Before selecting the unorthodox material, Uraimov had researched other options, but concluded that the relatively cheap blocks made from rice......

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