Andrey Zaitsev, a leading researcher at the Laboratory for the Study of Ecological Functions of Soils and head of the Technology Transfer Center at the Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, participated in the Kuban 24 television channel's "Details" program, where environmentally friendly methods for recycling rice straw were discussed live. The expert briefed the audience on the results of the institute's recently successfully completed experiment on decomposing rice straw using soil invertebrates (more details about the experiment can be found here). The prospects for scaling up this laboratory experiment in the fields of Kuban were also discussed.
The Kuban 24 program can be viewed at this link (Broadcast for November 27, 2025, at 12:10 PM).