Maize is an important material for feed production in Thailand. In the past 10 years, the demand of feed production has increased significantly, resulting in the increasing demand of maize. In this research, Material Flow Analysis was applied to track flows of raw materials and resources used in maize supply chain in Thailand in 2015.

The study analysed the flow and loss ofmaterial and resources along maize supply chain to find the causes and hot spots of the losses in order to develop measures to reduce
loss and create more production efficiency with less environmental impact of maize to feed production in Thailand. The results reveal that most of the loss occurred in the agriculture sector including nutrient and crop residues since most of the maize was grown in the hill area. Crop residues have a large potential to use as energy feedstock and reduce particulate matter emission from avoided open burning. Transferring of cultivation from hill area to the plains is necessary for reduction of loss and recovery of crop residues.

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