NEWS

Writer: Wannipa Soda, ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems The 1st National Expert Group Meeting on Soil and Nutrient Management (SNM) was convened on 8th June 2015 for 3 days at Directorate office of the Department of Agriculture and Agrifood, Ministry of Industry and primary Resources.  The Meeting provided face-to-face dialogue among the resource persons to discuss […]

Agricultural Response Project (SARP), Indonesia is a five-month duration emergency aid assistance project funded by German Government (BMZ) and being implemented through GIZ-ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems (ASEAN-SAS) in district of Karo where Mount Sinabung is located. In partnership with local partner, Maricena and District Government of Karo the project has been implementing by and due […]

Writer: Rojana Manowalailao, ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems A presentation highlighting product safety and quality for Thai fruit juice industry Fruit juice industry in Thailand is enjoying a fruitful tree climbing rate with a total market of Baht 12,000 million in 2014. The last year’s total growth rate is at 13 percent. Napaporn Rattanametta, a Project […]

Writer: Wannipa Soda, ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems The ASEAN Guidelines on Soil and Nutrient Management (SNM) will not be developed as a text book but recommendations based on best practices and knowledge particularly specific to ASEAN, agreed by senior specialists from eight ASEAN Member States attending the 2nd Meeting of the ASEAN Expert Group on […]

Department of Agriculture (DoA) recently organized a fun-fair-like Open House at Kasetsart University where visitors could find environmentally-friendly agrifood products, beansprout condominium, smiling watermelon to biocontrol bugs and insects, and bakery-like-color soil and nutrient fertilizers. This fifth open house running from 22-25 May 2015 showcased the works of over 20 agencies and partners of the […]

ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems (ASEAN SAS) Viet Nam Planning Activity Workshop was recently held on 14 May 2015 in Ho Chi Minh City. The workshop was hosted by the GIZ ASEAN SAS in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). The objectives of the workshop were to set up a plan of […]

Visiting Department of Agriculture’s Open House was like going to a farmer market fun fair. With its objective to showcase new research’s results and recent agriculture production technologies, you might imagine a pile load of documents and mono-colored written text exhibitions for this regular type of the academic open house. However, it only lived there […]

Thailand’s crop insurance 2015 scheme was recently kicked off in central region’s Ang Thong province on 15 May.  Finance Minister Sommai Phasee opened the launch ceremony with over 300 farmers attending the event. GIZ’s ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems (SAS) project’s representatives were also present. The Bank of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) is the distribution […]

Project Summary The project, “ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems (SAS) as a part of German Program on Response to Climate Change (GAP-CC), aim to enhance the resilience of ASEAN Countries agricultural sector. The focus is on enhancing sustainable and environmentally friendly of agricultural products, where mainstreaming on climate change is included. Project Components include (a) Policy […]