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Bio-cement to tackle soil salinity in Thailand

07 October 2024, Published under Cement News

King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) has joined hands with the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) in a project to tackle agricultural challenges caused by soil salinity in Northeast Thailand using bio-cement. According to Thidarat Bunsri, a member of the Smart Biomaterials and Technology Research Group at KMUTT, bio-cement is developed with microbial-induced calcium carbonate. Microbes from fermented fish bone residue, a byproduct of industrial-scale fish sauce production,...