| Project Detail |
Thailand is working on Climate Change measures, and in line with the Thailand 4.0 national vision formulated in 2015 to break out of the middle-income countries, Thailand is promoting a bio-cycle green Economic Policy ( ) that aims to balance an economy that can respond to global challenges and increasing agribusiness market value through innovative technologies ( (2021-2026). It is also working to strengthen the competitiveness of its target industries through industry-government-academia collaboration, with the goal of becoming a leader in the bio-circulation green economy in ASEAN by 2027. The freshwater floating aquatic plant, Ukiyoke (a member of the family Araceae, subfamily Ukiyoke), which has long been consumed as a local food in Thailand, is a plant that can grow using industrial wastewater as a nutrient, grows quickly, has high biomass production capacity and carbon dioxide fixation capability, and can be used as a biomass fuel and alternative material for petroleum-derived products. By utilizing them as materials for biomass fuels and alternatives to petroleum-based products, energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced without impeding economic growth, thereby contributing to the promotion of a bio-circular green economy. In Thailand, this cooperation will involve the creation of a research center for the study of Uximum holobiont resources, the creation of a Uximum holobiont collection (searching for and combining microorganisms that promote the enhancement of Uximum holobiont functions), the development of technologies to enhance Uximum holobiont functions and the production of valuable products (biofuels, bioplastics, animal feed, functional foods), and the development of technologies for the production of Uximum holobiont functions and products. The Centers research activities will be continued and developed, and the research will be applied to other biological resources as well, through the development of technology for the production of valuable products (biofuel, bioplastics, livestock feed, functional foods), the development of a water purification system using Uximum holobiont, and activities to disseminate these developed technologies. The Centers research activities will be continued and developed, and its research will be applied to other biological resources as well, thereby contributing to the promotion of the green economy through biological recycling. |
