May 13, 2024
CP Foods: Bangkok Produce Merchandising utilising Traceability Operation Room to combat dust pollution
Bangkok Produce Merchandising Public Company Limited, a supplier of feed corn to Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited (CP Foods), is operating a facility known as the Traceability Operation Room which is equipped with real-time satellite imagery data to identify and monitor hotspots in corn plantation plots in Thailand, CP Foods announced.
The aim of the facility is to eliminate crop burning within CP Foods' corn supply chain, guaranteeing that the company sources raw material from areas committed to zero-burn practices. This endeavor aligns with the Thai government's efforts to combat PM 2.5 pollution.
The Traceability Operation Room leverages satellite imaging technologies from three satellites orbiting the planet, integrated with a database of corn planting plot coordinates registered by farmers in the traceability system. This data is processed and visualised using Power BI, enabling CP Foods to detect burning incidents and identify farm owners in real time. It allows company staff and corn collectors to promptly engage with farmers and communicate with them about adopting zero-burning practices.
Woraphot Suratwisit, vice president of Bangkok Produce Merchandising, said that over 40,000 farmers are registered in the company's corn traceability system. He also underscored the support extended to all companies or collectors to procure corn through the system, which enables tracing back to the planting plot.
- CP Foods
