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Food Security in ASEAN: VDO
Despite recent progress in achieving food security, over 60 million people in Southeast Asia remain hungry or malnourished. Watch Suriyan Vichitlekarn, a Senior Regional Advisor at GIZ’s ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood, explain the food security situation in the region. See the entire video on the ‘Food and Our Future: Sustainable Food Systems in Southeast Asia’ free …
Myanmar experts push ASEAN Guidelines on Soil and Nutrient Management
Writer: Rojana Manowalailao, ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems About 40 national experts in Myanmar recently gathered in the 2nd Meeting of National Soil and Nutrient Management (SNM) Expert Group for ASEAN Guidelines on Soil and Nutrient Management in Yangon, Myanmar on 25 August 2016. The Meeting aimed to discuss soil and nutrient issues in the country …
Standard is needed to lift Thailand’s agrifood trade, says exporter
Writer: Rojana Manowalailao, ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems The outbreak of fatal mad cow disease found in red meat and other dairy products in 1999 in Belgium had fired up the food safety issue among the consumers not only in Europe, but around the world. This effected directly to Thai exporters and manufacturers, who export products …
Calling for public-private partnerships in developing green agriculture
Writer: Rojana Manowalailao, ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems Sustainable Agrifood Systems urges for more public-private partnerships in improving environmental friendly food production in agriculture. Nineteen representatives from eight ASEAN Member States and ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems (ASEAN SAS) project recently met at the 7th Steering Committee Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand to report on progress and seek …
Channelling climate information services to rice farmers in Indonesia
Writer: Shinta Purnama Sarie Climate change challenges among rice farmers in Indonesia Rice has been feeding the Southeast Asian region’s population for well over 4,000 years. In Indonesia alone, it is the staple food of its 557 million inhabitants. The country is endowed with a tropical climate which provides ideal conditions for rice cultivation. Despite …
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International Volunteering Programme: Sharing Knowledge in Thailand
Writer: Sascha Zastiral Brought together by a volunteer programme, financial experts from Deutsche Bank are supporting rice farmers in Thailand with specialist advice. On a normal working day, Sven Sievers would be sitting in his office in Hamburg around this time. He would be on a conference call with colleagues or perhaps meeting representatives of …
Better Rice Initiative Asia to train 7,500 farmers in Indonesia by the end of 2017
Writer: Muhammad Abdillah BRIA Indonesia started its Farmer Field School activities in April 2015 with 15 Field Schools in North Sumatra involving 304 farmers. The number of Field Schools conducted increased rapidly in season 2 with 18 Field Schools conducted in North Sumatra and 16 Field Schools in Jember. The 34 Field Schools conducted in …
Thailand’s agrifood industry moving one step at a time to food standard and safety
Writer: Rojana Manowalailao, ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems Instead of creating a burning feeling in a mouth, a small packet of dried chili powder spiced up a far hotter impact by putting agrifood exports of ASEAN nations into a heating pot. A story was told by Chusak Chuenprayoth, a Chair Director of KC Fresh, one of …