Activity “Innovation to increase cassava productivity with bio-products from waste materials of cassava factories, fiscal year 2024”

    Suranaree University of Technology (SUT) welcomed participants in the training on knowledge development for creating bio-products from waste materials, the activity “Innovation to increase cassava productivity with bio-products from waste materials of cassava factories, fiscal year 2024” organized by the Nakhon Ratchasima Provincial Industry Office. In this regard, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mallika Sangsanit, Vice President for Mission Relations, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, on behalf of SUT, welcomed Mr. Suphakit Boonsiri, Inspector General of the Ministry of Industry, the chairman of the opening ceremony, Mrs. Rinrattana Suengsamphan, Head of the Policy and Planning Group, Nakhon Ratchasima Provincial Industry, Mr. Panya Boonbandanrit, President of the Northeastern Cassava Producers Association, along with representatives of government agencies, executives of higher education institutions, cassava entrepreneurs, those involved in tourism and service development projects, promoting high-value industries, target industries, and ecological industries, who attended the training, totaling more than 300 people, on July 1, 2024 at Suranaree Room, Surasamamnagarn, Suranaree University of Technology.

    the project “Innovation to increase cassava productivity with bio-products from waste materials of cassava factories” according to the BCG policy to create sustainability in the supply chain, including B: Bio Economy, C: Circular Economy, and G: Green Economy, with Mr. Trai Achanhan, an industry expert, as a speaker. In addition, there was a lecture on “Guidelines for driving the Thai cassava industry with the BCG Model” by Assistant Professor Dr. Sutchan Woonprasit, an expert in agricultural biology, and on “Innovation in cassava bio-industry” by Dr. Piyawan Yudee, an expert in product development, along with a workshop on “Creating a BCG Model from waste materials from cassava factories” and creating a cassava bio-network group.

    In this regard, Suranaree University of Technology has collaborated with the Nakhon Ratchasima Provincial Industrial Office to develop cassava starch production from the beginning using the BCG economic model. This involves applying scientific and technological knowledge to invent innovative biological products from waste materials from cassava factories, producing soil conditioners to increase the quality and quantity of cassava per rai. This will allow industrial factories to have guidelines and methods for properly disposing of waste materials from the production process, as well as obtaining quality raw materials, namely cassava roots, to feed into the production process sufficiently throughout the year. This will result in better growth rates of gross domestic product and industrial productivity in Nakhon Ratchasima Province and the country, as well as helping to reduce environmental problems in a tangible and sustainable manner.