BANGKOK, 10 March 2015 – His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej on late Monday afternoon (March 9) proceeded from Siriraj Hospital to observe royal projects at Chitralad Farm in the compound of Chitralada Villa. At the Farm, His Majesty stopped at the Demonstration Rice Mill and toured around an exhibition on the use of solar energy in rice milling, put up inside the mill.
The Demonstration Rice Mill mill was established in 1971 following the royal initiative to encourage farmers to group themselves into cooperatives so that they would be strong enough to set up and run their own rice mill, instead of selling their paddy at low price to private millers. His Majesty at that time donated his own fund for the establishment of a demonstration rice mill to provide knowledge to farmers on milling techniques and appropriate ways to store various types of paddy.
His Majesty later proceeded past the Suan Dusit powder milk factory and a UHT milk production center before taking a rest at the solar-powered house built by the Defense Energy Department in honor of His Majesty the King on the Golden Jubilee of His Majesty’s Accession to the Throne in 1996.
His Majesty spent about an hour at the Chitralada Farm before returning to Siriraj Hospital at 4.43 p.m.
