Climate Change Impacts on Sugarcane Production in Thailand

Pipitpukdee, Siwabhorn; Attavanich, Witsanu; Bejranonda, Somskaow

doi:10.3390/atmos11040408

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“…Obviously, Figure 5 indicates increasing trends in annual average values of rainfall, and both maximum and minimum temperatures, which were statistically significant at the P < 0.05 level. This is supported by the study of Pipitpukdee et al [33], who reported the future increases in total rainfall, growing season temperature, and extreme maximum temperature in Northeast Thailand, compared to the baseline. In addition, the rates of their increases under RCP 8.5 were also found to be higher than RCP 4.5.…”

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confidence: 53%

Assessment of Drought Severity and Vulnerability in the Lam Phaniang River Basin, Thailand

Kuntiyawichai

Wongsasri

2021

Water

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The Lam Phaniang River Basin is one of the areas in Northeast Thailand that experiences persistent drought almost every year. Therefore, this study was focused on the assessment of drought severity and vulnerability in the Lam Phaniang River Basin. The evaluation of drought severity was based on the Drought Hazard Index (DHI), which was derived from the Standardized Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) calculated for 3-month (short-term), 12-month (intermediate-term), and 24-month (long-term) periods. Drought vulnerability was assessed by the Drought Vulnerability Index (DVI), which relied on water shortage, water demand, and runoff calculated from the WEAP model, and the Gross Provincial Product (GPP) data. A drought risk map was generated by multiplying the DHI and DVI indices, and the drought risk level was then defined afterwards. The CNRM-CM5, EC-EARTH, and NorESM1-M global climate simulations, and the TerrSet software were used to evaluate the potential impacts of future climate under RCPs 4.5 and 8.5, and land use during 2021–2100, respectively. The main findings compared to baseline (2000–2017) revealed that the average results of future rainfall, and maximum and minimum temperatures were expected to increase by 1.41 mm, and 0.015 °C/year and 0.019 °C/year, respectively, under RCP 4.5 and by 2.72 mm, and 0.034 °C/year and 0.044 °C/year, respectively, under RCP 8.5. During 2061–2080 under RCP 8.5, the future annual water demand and water shortage were projected to decrease by a maximum of 31.81% and 51.61%, respectively. Obviously, in the Lam Phaniang River Basin, the upper and lower parts were mainly dominated by low and moderate drought risk levels at all time scales under RCPs 4.5 and 8.5. Focusing on the central part, from 2021–2040, a very high risk of intermediate- and long-term droughts under RCPs 4.5 and 8.5 dominated, and occurred under RCP 8.5 from 2041–2060. From 2061 to 2080, at all time scales, the highest risk was identified under RCP 4.5, while low and moderate levels were found under RCP 8.5. From 2081–2100, the central region was found to be at low and moderate risk at all time scales under RCPs 4.5 and 8.5. Eventually, the obtained findings will enable stakeholders to formulate better proactive drought monitoring, so that preparedness, adaptation, and resilience to droughts can be strengthened.

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Assessment of Drought Severity and Vulnerability in the Lam Phaniang River Basin, Thailand

Kuntiyawichai

Wongsasri

2021

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“…Besides Indonesia, Thailand is also one of the Southeast Asian countries that heavily rely on its agricultural activities as the country's economy backbone [79]. In fact, Thailand is currently amongst the global exporters of major economic crop, notably rice (11 million hectares), natural rubber (3.66 million hectares), and sugarcane (1.96 million hectares) [80,81]. Further, in context of the bioenergy deployment in Thailand, the first National Alternative Energy Development Plan (2004-2011) had given biofuels mandate for production, taxations and non-tax incentives, R&D support, and promotion of public awareness [82].…”

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Biomass Energy in Malaysia: Current Scenario, Policies, and Implementation Challenges

2022

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The energy demand in Malaysia has shown a dramatic increase over the last few years: with natural gas and coal being the primary contributors. Nevertheless, due to declining in fossil fuel reserves coupled with negative environmental impacts, shifting to sustainable renewable energy for meeting the future energy demand is recommended. Since Malaysia is rich with natural resources, utilization of biomass energy (bioenergy/biofuel) as the alternative energy is promising to be further explored. Therefore, this review paper intents to discuss the current scenario of different types of biomass energy in Malaysia along with the up-to-date local biomass energy-related environmental policy (from 2016 onwards). In addition, challenges and barriers for large-scale implementation of the biomass energy in Malaysia are to be discussed. Overall, this review paper is interesting as it can assist in promoting the biomass utilization as energy source, and to ensure the future growth of biomass energy market in the country along with its effective implementation while alleviating poor disposal problem and to create job employment opportunities. Furthermore, a collective effort to expand potential biomass feedstocks, apart from oil palm, should be emphasized to encourage the renewable energy production diversification in the nation.

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“…Sugarcane is considered one of the main crops in the world with 1.8 to 2.0 billion tonnes of production annually (Figueroa-Rodríguez et al, 2019;Pipitpukdee et al, 2020). The high production of sugarcane eventually increased the production of waste.…”

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Isolation and characterization of lactic acid bacteria from sugarcane waste

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Foo²,

Yap³

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Aim: Researchers are focusing more on the isolation of new probiotic bacteria to increase varieties for the growing market demand. This study aimed to isolate lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains from sugarcane waste materials and evaluate its characteristic. Methodology and results: In the present study, two strains of LAB (Isolate A and B) were isolated from sugarcane waste and investigated in vitro for their characteristics as potential probiotics. These isolates were evaluated on their characteristics based on four biochemical tests (acid tolerance, bile tolerance, microbial adhesion, and phenol resistance), with the commercial strain Lactobacillus isolated from Yakult ® served as a positive control. Both isolated strains (>8 log10 CFU/mL) displayed higher survivability than control (>6 log10 CFU/mL) in simulated gastrointestinal conditions at pH 2.0 and pH 6.9 after 24 h. Furthermore, both isolated LABs were resistant to inhibitory substances which are 0.05-0.3% bile and 0.4% phenol. For bile tolerance, isolate A (OD 6.83) had a higher absorbance at 0.3% bile concentration as compared to isolate B (OD 2.20). However, isolate B (7.49 log10 CFU/mL) showed higher resistance towards 0.4% phenol than isolate A (7.11 log10 CFU/mL) after 24 h. Both isolate A and isolate B displayed low cell surface hydrophobicity, strong electron donor, and basic characteristic. Conclusion, significance and impact of study: Both isolates were able to survive under gastrointestinal stress conditions, implying their potential as probiotics. This study demonstrated that valuable products such as probiotic strain could be isolated from sugarcane wastes to use in food production or medical treatment.

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Climate Change Impacts on Sugarcane Production in Thailand

Cited by 40 publications

References 23 publications

Assessment of Drought Severity and Vulnerability in the Lam Phaniang River Basin, Thailand

Assessment of Drought Severity and Vulnerability in the Lam Phaniang River Basin, Thailand

Biomass Energy in Malaysia: Current Scenario, Policies, and Implementation Challenges

Isolation and characterization of lactic acid bacteria from sugarcane waste

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