GIZ team in Chiang Rai province recently welcomed Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives Nares Thamrongtippayakhun during his visit in Wiang Pa Pao District, home of our Inclusive Sustainable Rice Landscapes (ISRL) project in northern Thailand.
The deputy minister had an opportunity to meet representatives of GIZ team in Chiang Rai province and learn how the ISRL project works in the pilot province.
Funded by Global Environment Facility (GEF) through Rice Department and United Nations Environment Programme, with GIZ as the project implementator, the ISRL project aims to enhance sustainable agriculture through integrated landscape management and reduce environmental impacts.
GIZ works in partnership with the Rice Department, the Department of Agricultural Extension, municipalities, communities, local authorities, and academics to ensure that farmers will be equipped with knowledge and skills essential for implementing integrated farming practices, enhancing income security and climate resillience.
The deputy minister had an opportunity to meet representatives of GIZ team in Chiang Rai province and learn how the ISRL project works in the pilot province.
Funded by Global Environment Facility (GEF) through Rice Department and United Nations Environment Programme, with GIZ as the project implementator, the ISRL project aims to enhance sustainable agriculture through integrated landscape management and reduce environmental impacts.
GIZ works in partnership with the Rice Department, the Department of Agricultural Extension, municipalities, communities, local authorities, and academics to ensure that farmers will be equipped with knowledge and skills essential for implementing integrated farming practices, enhancing income security and climate resillience.
For this particular activity, GIZ, in collaboration with the Highland Research and Development Institute (Public Organisation), as a partner of the ISRL project, delivered 25,000 Robusta coffee seedlings to 144 farmers for growing Robusta coffee in high-altitude areas, 500-800 metres above the sea level.
This latest initiative will not only enable local residences to put into practice, regenerative agriculture, climate-smart technologies and diversified cropping but also enhance income security and climate resilience in the long run. ■
