PUBLISHED: 8 Dec 2024 at 14: 54
In order to combat agricultural burning, which causes PM2.5 dust pollution in coastal areas, Thailand is enhancing farmers ‘ ability to recover land and change some crops with high-quality alternatives.
The” Companions of Thai Agriculture” ally was just formed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives and members of various international organizations in Thailand to aid the transition to climate-smart farming.
The empire aims to improve the lives of farmers while reducing straw and grass burning, which causes carbon emissions in the agricultural industry.
The state is committed to increasing farmers ‘ power through the so-called “3R Model,” according to Permanent Secretary Prayoon Inskul, at a recent conference on “reduction of air pollution through avoid burning in agribusiness.”
It aims to reduce burning, replacing short-lived conventional crops with large financial return plants, such as avocado and coffee trees, for which there is also market demand, and replacing non-irrigated coastal farming areas with other crops, like as maize, after the rice farming season to reduce high-land burning.
Maize is seen as the main cause of northern Thailand’s pollution problem, mainly due to producers burning their wheat grass.
The North’s air quality was impacted by agricultural fires. During the cloud period, Chiang Mai city often tops the list of the country’s worst towns for air pollution.
Timo Menniken, GIZ Thailand region director, stressed the importance of responsible practices by enhancing mechanisation, modern agricultural waste management and creating innovative value chains for biomass.
According to Mr. Menniken, these farming practices can reduce agrarian using while enhancing farmers ‘ lives. The strategy coincides with the government-led 3R coverage, he said.
He claimed that GIZ recently started the” Piloting sustainable use cases of rice straw” project in Chiang Rai.
The project, which was supported by the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development in Germany, promoted composting and the production of recyclable food packaging using rice straw, he said. It demonstrated how agricultural residues could be turned into useful resources.
According to Mr. Menniken, these inventions may help lower greenhouse gas emissions while strengthening the tenacity of smallholder farmers to climate change.