sugar industry in thailand - agri benchmark
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Sugar Industry in Thailand Pipat Weerathaworn
A committee for Agricultural and Biological Researcher group
National Research Council of Thailand
agri benchmark Cash Crop Conference Goiania, Brazil, July 2015
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Sugar mill locations
and area in Thailand
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50 Sugar mills
Capacity
10,000-50,000
TCD
9
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4
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Production System by region & Typical Farm
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Typical Farm
15.6+80.0
M
own
own
same
625 kg/ha
same
Manual, 4 US$
Loader, 2 US$
truck, 4 US$
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t of sugar cane seeds per ha 12.5
seed costs per ha 782
sugar yield (Three harvesting times/crop) 8.48
sugar content 11%
labour costs 9-11
sugar cane price 32-35
type of mechanisation S-M
harvest 3-4
loading costs 2-3
transport costs to sugar cane mill 5
T
$/ha
T/ha
%
$/day
$/T
S-M
$/T
$/T
$/T
12.5
782
6.80
11%
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32
S-M
4
2-3
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The Differences between 2014 & 2015
2014 2015
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Trash incorp.
Supplement. irr
Increased yield 21 T/ha Net profit 900 US$/ha
Increased yield 16 T/ha Net profit 700 US$/ha
Key success returns
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Land preparation
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Manual
Planting
Planter
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Irrigation
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Fertilizer
application
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Green Blanket
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Supplementary Irrigation
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Trash incooperation
Fertilizer application
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Herbicide application
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Manual to Mechanization
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Net profit at farm of crops
Source: OAE, Thailand 2014
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Conclusion
• Thai cane production was a new record at 105.7 MT cane due to the stable cane price from previous year or the past few years
• Farmers have faced the intermitted drought period causing the yield losses
• Thai policy will support sugar industry by transferring some rice area to cane area
• The productivity improvement for reducing cost has to be focused and implemented from now onwards due to the low sugar price
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by Dr. Pipat WEERATHAWORN July. 2015
Thank you for your attention! Questions & Answers
Dr. Pipat Weerathaworn Committee for
Agricultural and Biological Research Group
National Research Council of Thailand Honorary President
Thai Bioplastics Industry Association (TBIA) E-mail: [email protected]
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