GIZ Thailand

Agriculture and Food Cluster

Stories of Sustainability

Let's hear the voices from our partners and farmers

Planting grains of sustainability Re-imagining rice to feed the world and save the planet

by Paul Nicholson, Vice President of Rice Research and Sustainability at Olam International

More than happiness: a farmer says thanks through a handwritten note

by Naylinya Chappanapong, GIZ Thailand

Rice farmers from ‘Kula crying field’ smile bigger

by Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, GIZ Thailand

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Knowledge about their plantation area makes Robusta coffee farmers stronger in rising profits

Robusta coffee growers in Southern Thailand under the Improving Smallholder Coffee Farming Systems in Southeast Asia (Coffee+) Project now know how to calculate their plantation areas to earn more incomes.

Sustainable rice to expand the Thai and global markets: The seminar on sustainable rice practices and market opportunities to be held on 28 May 2019 at Impact Arena Muang Thong Thani

Farmers in six central provinces of Thailand targeted to start low-carbon farming

The Thai government has planned to hold a press conference at the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives in Bangkok this Friday to announce the launch of a joint public private project called Thai Rice NAMA, hoping to transform the Central Plains of Thailand to low-carbon rice farming.

The breezing wind of change is coming to Thailand’s rice field

It is less than a year since Louke Koopmans, Global Sustainable Sourcing Manager for Mars Food first visited Thung Kula Rong Hai or field of the crying Kula in Northeastern Thailand. Today, she is back here again to meet farmers’ groups and witness a change she does not expect.

Rice farmers in Vietnam guaranteed a market share in sustainable rice production

About 10,000 farmers with standardized rice in Vietnam will have their share in a global market through a joint project between public and private sectors.

Learning about living organism for plant protection in Brunei Darussalam in seven questions

26 May 2017

CAMBODIA

Public and private partners gear up for the crop insurance in Cambodia

12 February 2019

INDONESIA

The Agro-Eco Taman Simalem Resort wins the Indonesia Sustainable Tourism Award for Environment Conservation

27 October 2017

LAO PDR

Phutawen Farm: The new hub of sustainable agro-tourism in Lao PDR

20 March 2017

MALAYSIA

ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems: What is now? And where is next?

16 February 2017

MYANMAR

Draft Roadmaps for Good Agricultural Practices and Organic Standard developed in Myanmar

7 September 2017

PHILIPPINES

Better Rice, Better Lives: Stories from Better Rice Initiative Asia

3 November 2017

SINGAPORE

ASEAN Guidelines on Soil and Nutrient Management : Scope and outline finalised

12 June 2015

THAILAND

Press Release: Thai Government Ministries Cooperate Towards GHG Emissions Reduction From Rice Farming

7 August 2018

VIETNAM

Rice farmers in Viet Nam earn more income through the use of integrated pest management methods

23 November 2017

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM