Industry Ministry plans end to sugarcane burning in three years

[buksida]

The Ministry of Industry will propose to the Cabinet a plan to end within three years sugarcane farmers’ widespread practice of cane burning before harvesting which is largely blamed for smog problem in many areas.

The plan will be incorporated into a ministerial regulation to be enforceable during the 2019-20 sugarcane crop year and seeks to force sugar mills to accept only 30% of burned sugarcane for milling, with a further reduction to 20% for the 2020-21 crop year and to no more than five percent for the third crop year.

Thai sugarcane farmers prefer burning sugarcane to make it easier to cut and to save labour costs. However, the burned sugarcane is of lower quality and has reduced sweetness. Burning of sugarcane has also been blamed for creating smog in some provinces containing large sugarcane plantations, such as Khon Kaen.

Source: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/industry-m ... ree-years/

[brianks]

This should be interesting to see if actually enforced. I haven't see where teaching old dogs new tricks ever works here. NO enforcement.

[buksida]

Yep, its the same with the ban on fishing in the Gulf during breeding season. Still hundreds of boats out there regardless.

[HHTel]

I believe there are laws on lighting fires/burning etc that are not enforced. Another show of words isn't going to make one ha'porth of difference.

[Big Boy]

Unless the sugar cane plantation is situated alongside the same shady tree where the BIB sit and wait for crimes to come to them, it just isn't going to happen.