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Vietnamese technical officers get confidence boosted in delivering sustainable pepper production
Writer: Sieu Trinh Vi, ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems A facilitation training was given to extension officers in better transferring knowledge to pepper farmers. About half of the technical staff who attended ‘Training of Trainers (ToT) on Integrated Crop Management (ICM) and sustainable pepper production in Viet Nam’ had previous experiences in farmer training. One fourth …
First Global Sustainable Rice Conference and Exhibition, 4-5 October 2017, Bangkok
The Sustainable Rice Platform is convening the First Global Sustainable Rice Conference and Exhibition from 4-5 October 2017 at the United Nations Convention Centre (UNCC) in Bangkok, in cooperation with UN Environment and the International Rice Research Institute. The event will follow on from the SRP’s 6th Annual General Assembly, which will take place on …
Puech Palang-Ngarn (Energy Crops Magazine), May 2017, Regional Knowledge Sharing Consultation “Sustainable Agrifood Systems for Food Security and Sustainable Development in the ASEAN Region”
GIZ in cooperation with Thailand’s Department of Agriculture under Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) organised the Regional Knowledge Sharing Consultation “Sustainable Agrifood Systems for Food Security and Sustainable Development in the ASEAN Region” held on 1-3 May 2017 to discuss how current food insecurity was being treated and …
‘No, we don’t have any problem at the moment. Yes, we need more people in the future.’
Writer: Rojana Manowalailao, ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems Senior officer from the Philippines reveals about the production of biological agents for sustainable crop protection in her country When asked a senior agriculturist from the Crop Pest Management Division of the Philippines, what were challenges or obstacles in developing biocontrol agents for crop protection in her country, …
Thai agricultural sector contributes to global efforts for climate change mitigation
Writer: Kamol Taukitphaisarn and Chatthep Chanyam, Better Rice Initiative Asia Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand, General Chatchai Sarikulya, kindly received 40 participants attending the Thai Rice NAMA Project Meeting at the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MoAC) on 20 June 2017. The participants included executive levels from Rice Department (RD), Deutsche Gesellschaft für …
Frankfurter Rundschau, 16 June 2017, Wie Reis das Klima belastet (The impact of rice on our climate)
Global methane emissions from agriculture are dramatically increasing, but solutions are being developed to combat the trend, including initiatives like the “Sustainable Rice Platform”. Last year, the world’s first “sustainable rice” in accordance with the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) standard, was produced in Ubon Ratchathani province, with promising results. “Farmers have achieved an additional 20 …
ASEAN helps ASEAN to make food safer across the region
A study trip on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) certification for a delegation from Myanmar was organised in Manila, Philippines from 5 – 9 June 2017 facilitated by the “Standards in the Southeast Asian Food Trade” (SAFT) project. The purpose of this activity was for regulators from Myanmar to learn about the national PhilGAP accreditation and …
Viet Nam: Right decision, right strategy and right people: Keys to rice cultivation management
Over 15,000 extension officers, rice farmers and pesticide retailers in Viet Nam are working together to overcome an inappropriate use of chemicals in Vietnam’s agricultural sector through an initiative of the Public and Private Partnership’s ‘Promotion of Integrated Pest Management to address plant hopper outbreaks in Rice’, supported by the Plant Protection Department (PPD) of …
Indonesia: ‘Cool and pleasing’ agriculture in Karo Highlands
Writer: Agriculture and Food Cluster Team ‘Taman’ in Batak Karo language means park in English and ‘Simalem’ means cool and pleasing. For more than four years, Taman Simalem Resort has done just like that. With collaborations of Islamic University of North Sumatra (UISU), ASEAN German Sustainable Agrifood Systems (ASEAN SAS), Taman Simalem or the ‘Cool …