We Care by IRPC Project extends a helping hand to stakeholders and the society during COVID-19 pandemic The number of people infected and hospitalized by the COVID-19 pandemic overwhelmed the public health system, resulting in, among other things, an acute shortage of medical equipment and public health resources. On July 22, 2021, PTT Group held a meeting to discuss ways to help during the worst of COVID-19 outbreak between July and December 2021 in order to lay the groundwork for an assistance scheme that is well coordinated with the government’s efforts to bring the situation under control. The Company has provided assistance through PTT Group and the Ministry of Energy as well as acting on its initiative, such as donating 43,000 liters of fuel oil for cremation of the deceased, providing survival bags, and installing field hospitals and waiting centers with a total budget of about Baht 7 million. Water from the pond is used for agriculture in IRPC Smart Farming project (in an area of 35 rai) and part of it is held in reserve for the demands of the Center for the Development of Persons with Disabilities during the dry season. Built an integrated fish and poultry farming pond under the “raising chicken and get fish”. Raising chicken above a fish farming pond helps farmers lower feed cost, reduce pollution from chicken manure and bring down labor for cleaning chicken coops and disposal of waste. The contractor hired to dig the water storage pond offered to dig a fish farming pond in an area of one rai, measuring 40x40 meters, with a depth of 3 meters, free of charge. The hen house, measuring 5x16 meters, is designed according to hygienic standards with installation and placement of equipment, such as feeding and water troughs, to facilitate access for people with disabilities to do the daily chore of cleaning. The coop accommodates 220 egg-laying chicken, which currently produces about 300 eggs per day. Solarpower pump and rooftop sprinklers keep the hen house cool during the day, especially during the hot season. Installed a solar power generation system, consisting of six 340W solar panels, and water pumps to divert water from the reserve storage pond to the fish pond where the egg- laying chicken house is located. The pond also supplies water for farmland, animal husbandry and smart vegetable-growing greenhouse. The project area is beset by weather fluctuations, having low, irregular rainfall with long dry spells in between even during the rainy season months. As a result, the amount of water accumulated in reserve pond is much less than expected. Therefore, there is a need to solve this problem as a matter of urgency. Insufficient water has an enormous impact on these projects. Installed a vegetable greenhouse, an arch-shaped enclosure with straight walls, measuring 6x20 meters, and is equipped with an automatic watering system powered by solar panels. This helps reduce electricity costs and daily chores of persons with disabilities who work in and maintain the greenhouse. The objective of this project is to experiment with growing vegetables that fetch high prices in the rainy season. By selecting vegetables that would otherwise be damaged by rainfall, farmers can earn more during the rainy season. It was found that such vegetables as morning glory, Chinese cabbage, etc., tend to thrive and produce better yields on raised platforms inside the greenhouse compared to those grown in the open fields. Outcomes of this trial vegetablegrowing greenhouse have been assessed and analyzed and serve as input for crop planning for 2022. 143 Business-driven sustainability IRPC PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED
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