Biofuels investment for poverty alleviation & sustainable development in Thailand
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Biofuel Investment for Poverty Alleviation &
Sustainable DevelopmentIn Thailand
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Out of 10 poor persons in Thailand:
Almost all are farmers
5 live in the Northeast
3 live in the North
1 lives in the South
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Income Gap
The Northeast has 35% of Thailand’s population and 65% of its agricultural land, yet...
Only 9% of Thailand’s GDP
Only 20% of agricultural GDP
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To combat poverty in Thailand, we must boost
farmers’ income
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Contract farming for biofuel projects:
Guaranteed prices of feed stock
Guaranteed quantities
Guaranteed income for farmers
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Contract farming to boost income, and..........
Empowerment: self-sufficiency
Training and other forms of education
Creation of social safety net
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Bioethanol projects
Possible locations:NorthNortheastSouthCentral
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Bioethanol Project Overview:
Sweet sorghum contract farming
Bioethanol plant
Cogen power plant
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sweet sorghum contract farming
Crop area: 24,000 hectares
3,000 families under contract farming; 15,000 persons total
Project guarantees price and quantity
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bioethanol refinery
Bioethanol refinery: 550,000 litres/day
Bioethanol sold to PTT, Bangchak, etc. under long-term contract
Feedstock: 1.7 million tons sweet sorghum juice per year
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cogen power plant
37 MW gross; 23 MW net export to grid
Electricity sold to EGAT under long-term contract
Feedstock: 485,000 tons sweet sorghum bagasse per year
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Technical Overview
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24,000 hectares grown by 3,000 families via cooperatives; 2.3 million tons per year
High yield sweet sorghum varieties; Stalk weights, fiber content
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Impacts of Project
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Farmers’ Income Impact
Income after expenses:
Per family: US$ 6,200/year
3 times World Bank’s poverty level
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Savings in petrol imports:
US$ 85 million/year
Energy Security Impact