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‘I eat, therefore I am’: Please Like, Comment, Post and Share
Writer: Rojana Manowalailao and Thitirat Uraisin, ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems ‘I eat, therefore I am’ is a newly cooked Facebook page of ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems project for new age consumers who cares for not just themselves and their own health but other people around including those in their families, neighborhood, classrooms, workplaces, farmland, food …
Fortified rice and nutritional patterns for Indonesia
The Food and Nutrition Society (PERGIZI PANGAN) Indonesia in collaboration with Better Rice Initiative Asia (BRIA) Nutrition Component Indonesia and GIZ conducted a study on fortified rice production and a clinical impact study to gain evidence on the effectiveness of fortified rice for school children in order to reduce micronutrient malnutrition in Indonesia. BRIA is …
Never thought the agriculture fair would be this fun, thank you Malaysia!
Writer: Rojana Manowalailao, ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems One day at MAHA 2016 was not enough, I bluntly admitted. As part of the 8th Steering Committee Meeting of the ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems (ASEAN SAS) project, 14 ASEAN representatives from Ministries of Agriculture of eight countries gathered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 7 – 8 December …
Head of Thailand’s Fertiliser Regulation Group shares his views on bio fertilisers and challenges surrounding its regulation
Writer: Natasha Angsakulchai, Project Assistant, Facilitating Trade for Agricultural Goods in ASEAN (FTAG) Written by Natasha Angsakulchai and Patamasiri Hoonthong, Department of Agriculture Thailand Dr. Suparat Kositcharoenkul, Head of Fertiliser Regulation Group of the Department of Agriculture, shares with us in an interview, his views and experiences that give us insights into the status of …
Life of contract farmer in Cambodia: Growing organic, glowing income
Writer: Saody So and Rojana Manowalailao, ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems Teams Since Ms. Ing Sarun grows organic vegetables for Khmer Organic Cooperative, she smiles more often. Ms. Sarun, 58, grows rice and vegetables on her family’s land of 0.92 hectare in Kampong Nung Village in Kampot Province, Cambodia. She cultivates rice and grows vegetables such …
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FIA Video: The State of Food Security in Asia
Mr Richard Skinner, Strategy Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Singapore, speaks with Food Industry Asia (FIA) about what food security looks like across Asia, and touches on the importance of transparency and effective regulation in tackling food fraud. Mr Richard Skinner, Strategy Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Singapore, was a panellist during the Food Industry Asia (FIA) Lunch Series …
Thailand’s Draft Pesticide Safety Act: Progress and development
Writer: Santikorn Pakdeesettakul, Project Coordinator, Thai Rice (Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action) NAMA Nowadays, agricultural production widely and heavily relies on chemical pesticide application. The misuses of chemical pesticides by farmers, the failure to enforce policies and laws, and the promotion of chemical products have caused serious adverse impacts on farmers and consumers health, ecosystem, and …
“60 Years: Thai-German Partnership for Sustainable Development” to be celebrated in Bangkok on 18 January 2017
Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA) and GIZ Thailand are organizing the “60 Years: Thai-German Partnership for Sustainable Development” event. This will be held on 18 January 2017 at 08.45 a.m.-12.30 p.m. at Vithes Samosorn, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This event is aimed at disseminating the implementation of Thai-German development cooperation during the past 60 …