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Utilising rice straw for smallholder rice farmers
GIZ together with Urmatt Ltd, a social-oriented enterprise in certified organic rice and rice derivative products, join hands for a collaborative project to reduce rice straw burning through innovative use of rice straw with smallholder rice farmers in a northern province of Chiang Rai. Rice straw is a by-product from rice production. Without feasible management …
Knowledge sharing: a sustainable capacity development for Robusta smallholder farmers
Story and Photos: Chollatip Klinsrisuk and Weerinpat Janewatanakul Huai Nai Roi coffee farmer group from La-un District, Ranong province comprises 17 members who are proactive and interested in capacity development as a group. They participated in different activities. However, there is still a lack of group development. Thanks to the Coffee Plus Thailand project, Robusta …
Partnerships and Innovation to Shape ASEAN’s Sustainable Agriculture
Written by: Natasha Angsakulchai and Aidiella Frita, ASEAN AgriTrade Project, Photo: GIZ/Proramatephoto Participants from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Vietnam and GIZ at the 3rd AIF knowledge exchange event in Bangkok, 13-14 December 2022. 13 – 14 December 2022, Bangkok – Seventy participants from the public and private sectors in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam …
Thai-German collaboration project show sustainable rice is better for famers, for the climate and for the environment
Story and Photos: Thai-German Climate Programme – Agriculture The results of five years of successful implementation of the Thai-German Climate Programme – Agriculture project or “TGCP-Agriculture” are clear: sustainable rice farming is better for the climate, better for the environment and better for farmers who achieve higher incomes. Rice plays an important role in Thailand. …
Five female leading farmers’ thoughts on sustainable palm oil production
Story: Sustainable and Climate-Friendly Palm Oil Production and Procurement in Thailand Project It is undeniable that discussions over women’s roles have picked up steam in recent years. The Sustainable and Climate-Friendly Palm Oil Production and Procurement in Thailand (SCPOPP) project is a part of a larger initiative to develop methods for producing palm oil without …
Sustainability is promising when your partners buy in!
Story: Wannipa Soda, Government Liaison and Coffee Productivity Manager, Coffee+ Project Thailand The measures, knowledge and tools developed and implemented by the Coffee+ project have been sustained by enabling partners and farmers from various government and non-government sectors to deliver the mutual goal. The mechanisms include institutionalization, collaboration, and capacity development. Improving smallholder coffee farming …
Paving the way towards sustainable financial mechanism, climate resilient rice farming in Thailand
Story: Metta Kongphan-apirak, Agri-Climate Risk Financing Project Manager, Agriculture and Food Cluster Financial experts from the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) and the Thai Credit Guarantee Corporation (TCG) met with a proposal development team at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) during a recent workshop aimed at brainstorming feasibility and way forward …
ASEAN moves towards the net zero and low emission agrifood systems
Story: Asean Climate Resilience Network Photos: GIZ/Anggara Mahendra A group of 30-plus focal points of the ASEAN Climate Resilience Network (ASEAN-CRN) and the ANGA together with partners gathered in the event “Transformation to Low Emissions and Resilient Agrifood Systems: A Knowledge Exchange Event and Climate Policy Negotiations Training” held during 27-29 September in Bali, Indonesia. …
Successfully leading Thai palm oil production towards meeting global sustainability demands
Story and Photos: Sustainable and Climate-Friendly Palm Oil Production and Procurement (SCPOPP) Programme Funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, in cooperation with Thailand’s Department of Agriculture (DOA) and Department of Agricultural Extension (DOAE), and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Thailand, the four-year project pursued a holistic approach to …