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Calling for public-private partnerships in developing green agriculture
Writer: Rojana Manowalailao, ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems Sustainable Agrifood Systems urges for more public-private partnerships in improving environmental friendly food production in agriculture. Nineteen representatives from eight ASEAN Member States and ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems (ASEAN SAS) project recently met at the 7th Steering Committee Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand to report on progress and seek …
Channelling climate information services to rice farmers in Indonesia
Writer: Shinta Purnama Sarie Climate change challenges among rice farmers in Indonesia Rice has been feeding the Southeast Asian region’s population for well over 4,000 years. In Indonesia alone, it is the staple food of its 557 million inhabitants. The country is endowed with a tropical climate which provides ideal conditions for rice cultivation. Despite …
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International Volunteering Programme: Sharing Knowledge in Thailand
Writer: Sascha Zastiral Brought together by a volunteer programme, financial experts from Deutsche Bank are supporting rice farmers in Thailand with specialist advice. On a normal working day, Sven Sievers would be sitting in his office in Hamburg around this time. He would be on a conference call with colleagues or perhaps meeting representatives of …
Better Rice Initiative Asia to train 7,500 farmers in Indonesia by the end of 2017
Writer: Muhammad Abdillah BRIA Indonesia started its Farmer Field School activities in April 2015 with 15 Field Schools in North Sumatra involving 304 farmers. The number of Field Schools conducted increased rapidly in season 2 with 18 Field Schools conducted in North Sumatra and 16 Field Schools in Jember. The 34 Field Schools conducted in …
Thailand’s agrifood industry moving one step at a time to food standard and safety
Writer: Rojana Manowalailao, ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems Instead of creating a burning feeling in a mouth, a small packet of dried chili powder spiced up a far hotter impact by putting agrifood exports of ASEAN nations into a heating pot. A story was told by Chusak Chuenprayoth, a Chair Director of KC Fresh, one of …
A study in Cambodia finds organic contract farming raises income of smallholders by as much as four times
Writer: ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems Team, Cambodia A recent study compiled by ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems (ASEAN SAS) found that organic contract farmers in Cambodia generated almost four times more from farm activities than conventional smallholders – an economically highly substantial finding. For the most part, these results are attributable to the CEDAC (The Cambodian …
Lao’s pesticide decree uplifted and to be finalised soon
Writer: Agriculture and Food Cluster Team Department of Agriculture of Laos has recently completed a series of “Government Hearing Consultation Meetings on the Pesticide Decree for Synthetic Chemicals and Biological Control Agents” participated by 115 representatives from 16 provinces. Lao PDR has 18 provinces including Vientiane as a capital province. Pesticides are dangerous to human, …
From study tour to cross-border cooperation: Cambodian delegates sort for biological products and partnership in Vietnam
Writer: Agriculture and Food Cluster Team People dealing with biological pest and disease control were brought together cross-border by GIZ – ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood System (ASEAN SAS) project to identify cooperation opportunities and seek ways to work more collaboratively. The Cambodian Center of Study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC) and Eco-Agri Center (EAC) in Cambodia …