Company Subsidiary

BRD is a subsidiary that provides raw materials to BSF and operates the supporting business in the sugarcane farmers planting through conducting the contract farming with sugarcane farmers in order to provide the sufficiency of raw materials for full capacity of BSF including develop the innovations of sugarcane variety, the irrigated system management, the machines and equipment in farming, online sugarcane farmers management by Management Information System, sugarcane plantation map system by Geographic Information System and apply the technologies in every step of work in order to operate, control, assess and solve the problems in real time. Moreover, BRD also coaches and conveys the academic and practical knowledge about sugarcane farming to farmers in order to increase the crop yield and quality to farmers and also strengthen the potentials of farmers for sustainably career path as well as make the certain income for a living which will develop the better quality of life consecutively.

According to the ability of agricultural plants and knowledge management of BRD, BRD has collaborated with provincial governmental agencies in zoning management of Buriram Province as the pioneer city in zoning management through changing inappropriate areas that plants other crops such as rice to plant sugarcane instead according to the policies of Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives. Furthermore, BRD also determines to raise the standard in agricultural management with the innovations and technologies as well as many kinds of researches in compliance with national development of the economic model "Thailand 4.0" by the government to create a value-based economy that is driven by innovation.

to encourage farmers to grow canes and sell back to the company in the form of contract farming. In so doing, the company will provide quality production factors, knowledge, recommendations, and an efficient and updated management system that can track and monitor the crops in plot-level. This is to ensure that all crops are grown with high farming standards in every process on the basis of sustainable development that will maximize productivity and profitability of cane growers, preserving their farming career. In practice, the provision is done through promoting extension officers and/or scholars, who will guide and coach every farmer through all of the production processes, starting from cane growing, planting, nurturing and transporting to the factory to make quality sugar and other by-products that will become an upstream material for other related industries.

The company has established a research unit to conduct studies that will find solutions for farmers’ problems through several initiatives from working closely with academic institutes and external organizations, such as Suranaree University of Technology, Kasetsart University’s Kamphaeng-Saen Campus, Khon Kaen University, Maejo University, Department of Agriculture, and Office of the Cane and Sugar Board, to find the way to improve the return of sugar cane growing covering many aspects, such as lineage improvement, soil and fertilizer improvement, watering system improvement, and pest and disease control. The knowledge gained from such initiatives will then be shared with the cane growers.