Since Mitr Lao’s own plantation could not produce enough cane volume to meet the requirement of the sugar mill, the Cane Function started contract farming concept by drawing local villagers to plant cane and sell to Mitr Lao. This is the same model used in Thailand. The Cane Function started by educating villagers on how to plant cane and provide machinery support to help villagers plant, nurture, and harvest sugarcane. It turned out well. The average yield that villagers made last year was around 10 ton per rai.