เราพัฒนาที่ดิน จนสามารถปลูกข้าวหอมมะลิที่มีคุณภาพสูงได้
เราพัฒนาที่ดิน จนสามารถปลูกข้าวหอมมะลิที่มีคุณภาพสูงได้
จากทุ่งนาแห้งแล้งที่ใครๆ ก็คิดว่าปลูกอะไรก็ไม่ได้
Environtment
ข้าวศรีแสงดาวที่เกิดมาจาก ทุ่งกุลาร้องไห้
The link between man and rice is undeniable. Thailand geographical conditions make it perfect for agricultural, giving it the name “Cradle of Rice and Water”. Our ancestors have left us with a vast heritage of a rice growing culture that is our way of life, and our rice not only feeds the entire Thai population, but is also exported to kitchens around the world, creating food stability.
Thailand Thai Hom Mali Rice has been recognized as the “Best Rice Variety” from various international competitions. However, Thai farmers are still struggling because of the very competitive price of rice in the world market, keeping Thai rice prices very low. The only solution for the survival of Thai farmers is to adapt and innovate.
Chaff benefits
The husks left from milling rice is a form of biomass that can be used to make clean energy to replace fossil fuels which is a form of non-renewable energy, as well as coal which is detrimental to the environment. Srisangdao Biopower Co Ltd was established under the concept of Bio-Circular-Green (BCG) Economy, to recycle waste from the manufacturing process to achieve Zero Waste, and increase value added for rice husks. The husks are burned to created steam that is used to power generators to create electricity for our own use, and to sell to the state.
Inspiration of Srisangdao Rice
The link between man and rice is undeniable. Thailand geographical conditions make it perfect for agricultural, giving it the name “Cradle of Rice and Water”. Our ancestors have left us with a vast heritage of a rice growing culture that is our way of life, and our rice not only feeds the entire Thai population, but is also exported to kitchens around the world, creating food stability.
Thailand Thai Hom Mali Rice has been recognized as the “Best Rice Variety” from various international competitions. However, Thai farmers are still struggling because of the very competitive price of rice in the world market, keeping Thai rice prices very low. The only solution for the survival of Thai farmers is to adapt and innovate.
Crop burning = Burning our heritage
Environment
Most rice farmers still misunderstand that crop burning to clear the land in preparation for seeding is easier that ploughing the crop residue, and reduces costs.
What they don’t realise is that crop burning also destroys the topsoil, especially the mineral sediments that are brought by the water, as well as the organic remains from past crops over the generations. All this will be destroyed through crop burning. When there are no more nutrients in the soil necessary for plant growth, farmers have to resort to chemical fertilisers. Furthermore, crop burning creates PM 2.5 dust particles that pollute the environment.
Assets in the soil
The Srisangdao Direct Seeding (Na Yot) Village Project therefore tried to encourage farmers to till the fields with rice chaffs as a form of plot preparation which is an ecosystem restoration method, increasing organic elements into the soil, while the nutrients from annual fertilisers are still present, essentially accumulating “assets in the soil”. This rich soil is perfect for growing rice, enabling farmers to reduce their dependence on expensive chemical fertilisers, and thereby reducing their costs drastically. And after ploughing to incorporate the crop residue for several onsecutiveyears, there will be no more need for chemical fertilisers at all.
เนื้อหาและรายละเอียด
preventive rice cultivation