Mr. Peeraphan Khothong, Director-General of the Department of Agricultural Extension Revealing the results of the project to promote the cessation of burning in agricultural areas in 2024 by using hotspot data from GISTDA to monitor the burning situation in agricultural areas in Thailand from TERRA and AQUA satellites, the MODIS system between 1 Jan.-28 April last Found 2,886 heat spots in Thai agricultural areas. Compared to the same period of the original year 2023, heat spots were found to have decreased by 420 points, or a decrease of 12.70 percent. The Director-General of the Department of Agricultural Extension also revealed the results. Carrying out management work Agricultural waste in 2024 for 5 types of crops: rice, corn, sugarcane, cassava and perennial fruit trees. During February-April 2024, there was a total amount of agricultural waste of approximately 48.6 million tons. Approximately 29.7 million tons have been used, accounting for 61 percent, with an economic value of over 3.3 billion baht. For the implementation of the plan to prevent and solve the problem of burning in agricultural areas for the year 2024, the Department of Agricultural Extension has implemented 3 Activities include: 1. Educational activities, testing technology and farmers’ adaptation models. To change behavior towards not burning in agricultural areas, such as testing technology and the format for using the 3R Model approach to prevent and solve burning problems in agricultural areas. and testing of the product traceability system for animal feed corn for clean air with the private sector buyers. 2. Communication activities to create knowledge and understanding of the effects of burning agricultural waste materials. How to adapt and mitigating impacts for farmers, community leaders, local leaders, Smart Farmer/Young Smart Farmer, Community Soil and Fertilizer Management Center Large farmer network and the Learning Center for Increasing the Efficiency of Agricultural Product Production (CDC) has already processed 121,569 cases, and the establishment of an operation to monitor burning in agricultural areas at the district and sub-district levels. There have been 4,857 sets of operations and 8,289 operations and 3. Risk assessment activities. Watch out for the situation. Follow up according to the action plan to support plan review and coordinate operations with national and ministry committees. As for operations under the project to promote the cessation of burning in agricultural areas in 2024, the Department of Agricultural Extension has transferred knowledge and developed the potential of 16,500 farmers to be lecturers on burn-free agriculture in 62 provinces, demonstrating technology in waste management. agriculture Changing cultivation to solve the problem of sustainable burning was piloted through the Learning Center for Increasing Agricultural Product Production Efficiency (CDC) 64 times. Click to read more “Agricultural News”
