{"id":8645,"date":"2020-08-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/tiis\/material-flow-analysis-of-maize-supply-chain-in-thailand\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:18:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T08:18:32","slug":"publications_media-material-flow-analysis-of-maize-supply-chain-in-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/tiis\/publications_media-material-flow-analysis-of-maize-supply-chain-in-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"Material Flow Analysis of Maize Supply Chain in Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8645\" class=\"elementor elementor-8645\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d3a1e76 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d3a1e76\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Maize is an important material for feed production in Thailand. In the past 10 years, the demand of feed production has <\/span><span style=\"color: #008080;\">increased significantly, resulting in the increasing demand of maize. In this research, Material Flow Analysis was applied to track <\/span><span style=\"color: #008080;\">flows of raw materials and resources used in maize supply chain in Thailand in 2015.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #008080;\">The study analysed the flow and loss of<\/span><span style=\"color: #008080;\">material and resources along maize supply chain to find the causes and hot spots of the losses in order to develop measures to reduce<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #008080;\">loss and create more production efficiency with less environmental impact of maize to feed production in Thailand. The results reveal <\/span><span style=\"color: #008080;\">that most of the loss occurred in the agriculture sector including nutrient and crop residues since most of the maize was grown in the <\/span><span style=\"color: #008080;\">hill area. Crop residues have a large potential to use as energy feedstock and reduce particulate matter emission from avoided open <\/span><span style=\"color: #008080;\">burning. Transferring of cultivation from hill area to the plains is necessary for reduction of loss and recovery of crop residues.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #008080;\">For further information, please download<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jseejournal.com\/media\/27\/attachment\/Material%20Flow%20analysis%20pp.%2087-89.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.jseejournal.com\/media\/27\/attachment\/Material%20Flow%20analysis%20pp.%2087-89.pdf<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fb6b836\" data-id=\"fb6b836\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eb82bd9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eb82bd9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4435d8b\" data-id=\"4435d8b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-912a555 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"912a555\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maize is an important material for feed production in Thailand. 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