Farmers in Chiang Mai use a machine to make corn waste. The Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives reported that corn farmers in Mae Chaem have incurred combined losses of 2.4 billion baht from monoculture farming. According to data from local administrations, the corn plantation areas cover a total of 170,000 rai and corn waste stands at 90,000 tonnes per year. Corn waste from a farm in Mae Chaem can be fed into the power project as refuse-derived fuel. "Roughly 70 villages in Mae Chaem district cannot access the electricity system," he said.

Source: Bangkok Post November 10, 2019 23:24 UTC