Rotting rice to be used to make ethanol

Almost 4 million tonnes of decaying rice kept in government stocks for more than two years is expected to be used as feedstock to produce ethanol, due to be in short supply soon, according to the Department of Energy Business (DOEB).

The DOEB was informed by the central government that the rice bought from farmers during the Yingluck Shinawatra administration’s rice-pledging scheme that has not been sold is decaying. It has become inedible, suitable only as feedstock to produce ethanol.

Full story: Bangkok Post

YUTHANA PRAIWAN