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Rice from “Thai Rice NAMA” selected as premium gifts to mark World Environment Day
Photos: Kiattiyote Wongudomlert, Agriculture and Food Cluster/ GIZ Thailand To mark World Environment Day 2023 and raise awareness on global warming and responsible consumption, Oamsuk Social Enterprise under the Bangchak Corporation Public Company Limited purchased 40 tonnes of low-emission rice produced following the environment-friendly practices by farmer members of Thai Rice NAMA project and the …
The Coffee++ project in Thailand has been launched to help coffee farmers cope with climate change
Story by: Wannipa Soda, Project Manager (Partnership and Sustainability), Coffee++ Climate change and its impacts are growing more severe and exacerbating environmental degradation. Degraded ecosystems cause declines in coffee productivity and a reduction in coffee growers. To tackle this, a partnership between Nestle and GIZ was established. The alliance, which was commissioned by the German …
Regenerative Farming: An opportunity for better livelihoods of coconut farmers
Story: Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; Photos: Apiradee Treerutkuarkul and Kiattiyote Wongudomlert It has been two years since Chananya Chawengchote left behind her career as a chef overseas and returned home to take care of her 85-year-old father and 35-rai plot of coconut orchard in Ratchaburi province. Ms Chananya, or Kung as called by her family and friends, …
BAAC and GIZ join hands to enhance green and sustainable finance in Thailand’s agricultural sector
Story and Photos: Norawit Suwannakarn, Agriculture and Food Cluster/ GIZ Thailand The executive management of the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) and representatives from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Thailand Office recently went on a study visit to Germany-based public, academic, and private institutions in the field of sustainable, green and …
Royal Irrigation Department-GIZ launch a project to enhance water management and sustainable agriculture
Story and Photos: Royal Irrigation Department Dr Thaweesak Thanadachopol, Deputy Director-General for Operation and Maintenance of Royal Irrigation Department (RID), recently chaired the Inception Workshop of the Enhancing Climate Resilience in Thailand through Effective Water Management and Sustainable Agriculture Project. representatives from RID, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), …
Innovative climate-risk finance project launched in Thailand
Story and Photos: Agriculture and Food Cluster/ GIZ Thailand GIZ introduced the latest four-million-euro project for upscaling ASEAN farmer’s access to financial tools essential for enhancing climate resilience and gender response in agricultural sector. Commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Innovative Climate Risk Financing for the Agricultural Sector in …
Thailand successfully establishes inter-ministry cooperation on ePhyto certificates
Story and Photos: ePhyto Thailand Project, Agriculture and Food Cluster/GIZ Department of Agriculture, National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards, and Thai Customs Department gear up to promote trade facilitation and close ranks in dealing with the export and import of plants and plant products The use of electronic phytosanitary certificates reflects the commitment …
German Ambassador to Thailand visited SPOPP palm oil mills
Story and Photos: Jantima Kulkit, Agriculture and Food Cluster/GIZ Georg Schmidt, German Ambassador to Thailand, recently visited Palm Panlan Company Limited and farmers from the Sanfan Pela Pattana Settakit Community Enterprise in a southern province of Krabi’s Khlong Thom district. The executives of Palm Panlan Company Limited and Global Green Chemicals Public Company Limited …
Thai Rice NAMA Open House
Story and Photos: Apiradee Treerutkuarkul, Agriculture and Food Cluster/ GIZ Thailand Policymakers and government executives from Germany and Thailand recently visited ThaiRiceNAMA project site in Suphanburi province. Dr Tobias Lindner, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, give a book on 160 years of Thai-German relations to Teerayut Chanditthawong, Suphanburi Deputy Provincial Governor. Dr …