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Innovative climate risk financing for the agricultural sector in the ASEAN Region
Agriculture and Food Cluster GIZ Thailand, in collaboration with the ASEAN Secretariat, successfully conducted the Regional Kick-off Workshop for the “Agri-Climate Risk Financing” Project. This workshop aimed to introduce the project’s objectives and implementation plan, establish a common understanding of climate risk financing and gender-responsive climate risk financing as part of climate risk management, and …
E-WMSA Project: Strengthening Thailand’s Resilience Against Climate Change Impacts in Yom-Nan Basin
Story and Photos: Kiattiyote Wongudomlert, Agriculture and Food Cluster, GIZ Thailand Thailand has been categorised as a “high-risk” country, susceptible to the most severe impacts of climate change over the next 30 years. It is highly likely to face more frequent and intense droughts and floods, causing adverse effects on agriculture. Consequently, in the National …
Sustainable and environmentally friendly oil palm production with BCG model
Story and Photos: Thitinai Pongpiriyakit, Agriculture and Food Cluster, GIZ Thailand These days, agriculture is not only focused on production efficiency. The environmental impact of production should also not be overlooked. Many countries are now focusing on economic development with sustainability in mind. This can be seen from the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the …
TGC-EMC Biomass Project: A Collaborative Effort towards Thailand’s Renewable Energy Goals from the Agriculture Sector
Story and Photos: Kiattiyote Wongoudomlert Thailand has taken a bold step towards achieving its climate goals by pledging to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% against Business as Usual (BAU) levels by 2030. However, with most of its electricity generated from fossil fuels, the country needs to transition to renewable energy to achieve …
SPOPP Trainers: a role model beyond teaching and sharing knowledge
Story and Photos: Jantima Kulkit Thanomkhwan Chanpibun, SPOPP Trainer, Palm Panlan Company Limited Trainers are often regarded as merely guest speakers. In the Sustainable Palm Oil Production and Procurement Project (SPOPP), however, our trainers are more than just regular trainers but also serve as training instructors, training facilitators, as well as technical inspectors tracking the …
Rice from “Thai Rice NAMA” selected as premium gifts to mark World Environment Day
Photos: Kiattiyote Wongudomlert, Agriculture and Food Cluster/ GIZ Thailand To mark World Environment Day 2023 and raise awareness on global warming and responsible consumption, Oamsuk Social Enterprise under the Bangchak Corporation Public Company Limited purchased 40 tonnes of low-emission rice produced following the environment-friendly practices by farmer members of Thai Rice NAMA project and the …
The Coffee++ project in Thailand has been launched to help coffee farmers cope with climate change
Story by: Wannipa Soda, Project Manager (Partnership and Sustainability), Coffee++ Climate change and its impacts are growing more severe and exacerbating environmental degradation. Degraded ecosystems cause declines in coffee productivity and a reduction in coffee growers. To tackle this, a partnership between Nestle and GIZ was established. The alliance, which was commissioned by the German …
Regenerative Farming: An opportunity for better livelihoods of coconut farmers
Story: Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; Photos: Apiradee Treerutkuarkul and Kiattiyote Wongudomlert It has been two years since Chananya Chawengchote left behind her career as a chef overseas and returned home to take care of her 85-year-old father and 35-rai plot of coconut orchard in Ratchaburi province. Ms Chananya, or Kung as called by her family and friends, …
BAAC and GIZ join hands to enhance green and sustainable finance in Thailand’s agricultural sector
Story and Photos: Norawit Suwannakarn, Agriculture and Food Cluster/ GIZ Thailand The executive management of the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) and representatives from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Thailand Office recently went on a study visit to Germany-based public, academic, and private institutions in the field of sustainable, green and …