Category: News and Events

A farmer from Samrong district of Ubon Ratchathani province takes her daughter to the community hall, so they can receive the bonus together. (Photo credit: GIZ Thailand)

Extra cash in pockets of many Thai rice farmers

Writer: Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Junior Communication Officer, GIZ Thailand’s Agriculture and Food Cluster UBON RATCHATHANI, Thailand – Ever since local farmers developed a better understanding of the international standard for sustainable rice cultivation and managed to

A farmer transplants rice seedling in rice field farmland in Ubon Ratchathani. (Photo credit: GIZ Thailand)

Being a farmer is not just a career choice

Writer: Montree Promaluksan, Field Manager, Better Rice Initiative Asia (BRIA) – Thailand For decades, the farm sector has been a driving engine behind Thailand’s economic growth. Every government has come up with many policies to

Tim Mahler, country director of GIZ Thailand and Malaysia (center) joins a workshop on developing a rice MRV system for Thailand in Bangkok. (Photo credit: GIZ Thailand)

Thai government measures local greenhouse gas emissions

Writer: Patcharin Sae-heng, Project Assistant, Thai-German Climate Programme (TGCP) – Agriculture In efforts to foster a transition towards a low-carbon and prevent its adverse impacts, Thailand is piloting a system to monitor, quantify and assess

More gas chromatographs installed to curb greenhouse gas

More gas chromatographs installed to curb greenhouse gas

Writer: Patcharin Sae-heng, Project Assistant, Thai-German Climate Programme (TGCP) – Agriculture Over the past years, the Rice Research Center in Prachin Buri province has been the only rice center in Thailand that possessed a gas

Youth secures a better future for palm oil

Youth secures a better future for palm oil

Writer: Naylinya Chappanapong, Senior Communication Officer, GIZ Thailand’s Agriculture and Food Cluster About 50 young people from across the region have joined hands to co-create commitment towards ‘shared responsibility’ and called for all parties involved