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By: Metta Kongphan-apirak / Agriculture and Food Cluster, GIZ Thailand A group of ten executives and officers from Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) together with representatives from GIZ Thailand went on a week-long trip to Germany. The aim was to learn good practices on sustainable finance, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) risk management, […]

By Jantima Kulkit & Apiradee Treerutkuarkul Photos by: SPOPP-CLIMA Project Tibet Chantawong, Chief Executive Officer of Phattra Palm Oil Group Public Company Limited, reminisced his childhood when his father took him to a local palm oil milling plant surrounded by the lush green oil palm plantation, as far as his eyes could see. Locals drove […]

Story: Pawida Charoenmuang; Photo: The Inclusive Sustainable Rice Landscapes (ISRL) Project The handover of SMART Patrol Equipment, organished in collaboration with the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation and Doi Luang National Park on 19 August 2025 Chiang Rai –The Inclusive Sustainable Rice Landscapes (ISRL) Project, in collaboration with the Department of National […]

Over 100 farmers in Chiang Rai province participated into AgriCRF-BAAC training programme on financial literacy and climate risk preparation in agricultural sector. Chiang Saen, Chiang Rai – The Innovative Climate Risk Financing for the Agricultural Sector in the ASEAN Region Project (AgriCRF) recently concluded its training series on financial literacy and preparation for climate risks […]

Story: Tobias Breunig  Photos: The Piloting Sustainable Uses of Rice Straw Project Launch of the Feasibility Study at the 32nd ASEAN Working Group on Crops Meeting in Indonesia, July 2025 Each year, millions of tonnes of rice straw are left behind after the harvest across Southeast Asia. Much of this biomass is burned in the fields, […]

Story and Photos: Sovannary Ky/ GIZ Cambodia Fresh Insights: Cambodia’s Pepper Sector Analysis Phnom Penh, Cambodia – On June 9, 2025, the EU-German Cambodia Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems (EU-German CAPSAFE) project released a comprehensive analysis of Cambodia’s pepper sector, marking a key step toward boosting its competitiveness and sustainability. The report highlights […]

Story: Apiradee Treerutkuarkul Coffee++Thailand project members are learning how to make bee pheromone Chumphon – A group of housewives and robusta coffee smallholders are boiling honeycomb with water. The other participants are laughing and having fun getting their hands dirty by smashing riped bananas and mixing it with yeast.  It is the first time they […]

Story and Photos: Phongnarin Sukcham/Agriculture and Food Cluster, GIZ Thailand participants are brainstorming ideas and solutions for water resource management during group work Thai irrigation experts are brainstorming integrated solutions towards water resource management to tackle the impact of climate change on diverse agricultural production, livelihoods and communities nationwide. Up to 50 Royal Irrigation Department […]

Story: Pawida Charoenmuang & Kanyanat Rungsiyavekin / Photos: BAAC, Green Finance Component of Thai Rice GCF Project, AgriCRF Project Group photo of participants, including representatives from BAAC headquarters and regional offices, GIZ Thailand, the German Sparkassenstiftung for International Cooperation (DSIK), and the Panyapiwat Institute of Management Experts from the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives […]