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Planting grains of sustainability: Re-imagining rice to feed the world and save the planet
Writer: Paul Nicholson, Vice President of Rice Research and Sustainability at Olam International Between the record-breaking heatwaves that enveloped northern Europe this summer and the annual UN Climate Convention underway, climate change is increasingly occupying the public consciousness, with many now wanting it prioritised as a top political issue. So with the debate heating up, …
Incentive bonuses motivate Thai farmers to grow tasty and earth-friendly rice
Writer: Nittaya Boonkong, Field Staff, Better Rice Initiative Asia (BRIA) – Thailand UBON RATCHATHANI, Thailand – Incentive bonuses totaling more than 300,000 baht (or about 8,000 euros) have put a smile on the face of more than 400 farmers. The farmers keep proper farm management record books and follow good cultivation practices of the Sustainable …
More than happiness: a farmer says thanks through a handwritten note
Writer: Naylinya Chappanapong, Senior Communication Officer, GIZ Thailand’s Agriculture and Food Cluster Do you remember the winner of the most delicious non-glutinous rice award, Mrs. Duangjan Wichalin from Ubon Ratchathani province? Let’s recall her story … Mrs. Duangjan is an ordinary woman who was born and grows rice in Baan Wang Khok, Ubon Ratchathani, northeastern …
Thai Robusta coffee industry can be less bitter by having cooperation hands from all parties involved
Writer: Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Junior Communication Officer, GIZ Thailand’s Agriculture and Food Cluster CHIANG MAI, Thailand – In pushing Thailand to become one of Southeast Asia’s major exporters of Robusta coffee, involved stakeholders in the industry have called for stronger collaboration among public and private sectors. At a multi-stakeholder dialogue in Chiang Mai on Thursday, Mr. …
Public and private partners gear up for the crop insurance in Cambodia
Writer: Agriculture and Food Cluster Team National crop insurance should be in place to help rice farmers whose farmlands are prone to extreme weather and natural disasters, agreed participants at a dialogue entitled: Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Promoting the National Crop Insurance Scheme for Small-scale Farmers held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on 10 January 2019. “The …
Natural disaster relief: A step to make life friendlier for rice farmers in Southeast Asia
Writer: Agriculture and Food Cluster Team Natural disasters are unavoidable in several parts of Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries, but with a recipe of local wisdom and new technologies and an additive of crop insurance, farmers will get recovered more quickly from loss for the next planting season. Speaking during a seminar entitled: Risk …
The Sustainable Rice Platform calls for private-public partnerships to secure sustainable global rice supply
Writer: Agriculture and Food Cluster Team Siem Reap, 22 January 2019 – Urgent action is needed to improve the sustainability of the world’s rice supply, in the face of mounting impacts of climate change and water scarcity on the world’s 144 million rice smallholder farmers. By adopting the Sustainable Rice Platform Standard for Sustainable Rice Cultivation, …
‘As Simple As Green’ Issue : 01 | e-Magazine
People say, “life is simple”, but we are still finding a way to live it with true happiness and inspiration. Though this magazine, we are making the stories simple to show you farmers’ sustainable lives and encourage you to see that .. life can be simple, but worthwhile. Enjoy Reading
Rice Farmers & Climate Fight
Writer: Agriculture and Food Cluster Team https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFLaiCUsqIw To feed the world amid climate change is not easy, but the Thai-German Climate Programme (TGCP) – Agriculture project knows a better way for rice farmers to fight against it. Rice farming in Thailand accounts for nearly 55% of the total greenhouse gas emissions of the agricultural sector …