Writer: Naylinya Chappanapong, Senior Communication Officer, GIZ Thailand’s Agriculture and Food Cluster “Using Alternate Wetting and Drying technic is helping me reduce the investment cost. We usually use natural water for our rice farming. If we get water management well prepared, our rice will grow well. After joining the workshop to learn the four technics …
Writer: Patcharin Sae-heng, Project Assistant, Thai-German Climate Programme (TGCP) – Agriculture One important problem of the world today is how to deal with climate change which is caused by human activities such as industry, energy generation, food production and agriculture. In the past, climate change and environmental concerns were as top-down issues responsible by only …
Writer: Chris Brown is global head of environment at Olam International *** Please scroll down for the German Version *** There’s a group of rice farmers in Thailand who are celebrating one of their best harvests ever. The rice is tall, dense and strong. This isn’t because the farmers are using more fertiliser or better …
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Writer: Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Junior Communication Officer, GIZ Thailand’s Agriculture and Food Cluster Standing in a field of Hom Mali rice in Nayear district of Ubon Ratchathani, Boonterm Luandee happily looked at her improved rice production which brought her higher income in recent years. The 50-year-old farmer, who has grown rice for more than two decades, …
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Writer: Agriculture and Food Cluster Team Rice experts gathered in Bangkok for the South East Asia’s first-ever training on the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) to discuss appropriate practices for rice cultivation for the region. “Our farmers produce good-quality rice,” said Duangporn Vithoonjit, an official attached to Chainat Rice Research Center, “But the SRP boosts confidence …
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