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Rice Production to decline by 10% from 1 Celsius increase in climate temperature

Writer: Agriculture and Food Cluster Team Is Climate Change real? Dr. Chitnucha Buddabon, Director of Rice Research Center in Ubonratchani Province reaffirmed the fact that the weather in Thailand has changed and temperature has increased. He stated that one increase in temperature will reduce rice production by 10%. Rice plays an important role in Thailand …

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MOSA workshop inspires government officers on Sustainability Agriculture

Writer: Naylinya Chappanapong, Senior Communication Officer, GIZ Thailand’s Agriculture and Food Cluster Ms.Saptini M. Rahajeng from Indonesia is one of  the 29 participants in ASEAN who attended the Regional Workshop on Capacity Development and Leadership in Sustainable Agriculture through Module on Sustainability Agriculture  (MOSA), Training Inventory and Sustainability Assessment in ASEAN hosted by the Thai …

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What a young Swiss agricultural student learnt from Thai rice farmers

Writer: Naylinya Chappanapong, Senior Communication Officer, GIZ Thailand’s Agriculture and Food Cluster I am interested in this project because we all need to eat food and rice is a stable food for almost half of the world population.  The Food industry currently produces unhealthy and unsafe food for consumers which is why I am interested in …

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Farmers applying sustainable rice standard proven to earn more in South-East Asia

Writer: by Astari Widya Dharma The Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) established in 2013 is one of the most prominent global multi-stakeholder forums in the rice sector. SRP is convened by UNEP and IRRI, while GIZ is one of the co-founders. From the beginning, GIZ has been actively engaged in contributing technical support from GIZ’ on-farm …

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Olam calls for urgent international cooperation to reduce major greenhouse gas footprint of rice production

Writer: Agriculture and Food Cluster Team Singapore, October 15, 2018 – Urgent action is needed by the agri-sector along with brands, retailers, financial institutions, scientists and governments to implement solutions to limit methane emissions from rice production, while improving farmer livelihoods and food security. This has to take into account that many rice consumers are …

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