By CIMI SUCHONTAN, THE SUNDAY NATION, UBON RATCHATHANI A solution to lift Thai rice farmers out of a low-income trap has edged closer to reality with a German-Thai rice programme that showed “great promise” in the Northeast, the heartland of jasmine rice. In Ubon Ratchathani province with 4.2 |million rai...
Over 15 years since it has started, Taman Simalem Resort in Karo Highlands, Indonesia well combines business, agriculture and tourism and becomes a model to many. Eddy Tanoto Sukardi, its Director shares a good mix of success recipes. Bringing up eco-agro tourism Eddy Tanoto Sukardi “Taman Simalem Resort started an infrastructure...
ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems (ASEAN SAS) recently welcomed seven delegates from the German’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), German Development Bank (KfW), GIZ Headquarter and GIZ Country Office on the occasion of the annual Cambodian-German Government Consultations at the Eco-Agri Co. Ltd (EAC) in Phnom Penh,...
From 4 – 6 December 2016, the AIZ is organizing a Training Seminar on “Capacity Development for Environmental Fiscal Reform (EFR)”. The seminar is addressing policy makers, administration officials and other relevant stakeholders who are responsible for preparing or implementing environmental fiscal reforms – i.e. the introduction or reform...
Agriculture has featured prominently in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change technical discussions but is largely absent from the formal negotiation processes. The sector is one of the most vulnerable in Southeast Asia, and a crucial backbone for smallholder food security and livelihood. Some of the region’s...
“With the ASEAN Common Position, the ASEAN Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry have sent a clear message that agriculture, comprising crops, livestock, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture, is a top priority for action to address the impacts and drivers of climate change in ASEAN. I strongly believe the outcomes of...
Interview with Chief of Crop Pest Management Division Ms. Wilima Cuaterno talks to ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems about the agriculture sector in the Philippines, challenges, and necessary supports. Agriculture sector in the Philippines “Agriculture is the backbone of the Philippine economy. Rice is the most important crop since it is the major...
20 October 2016, Bacolod City The “Negros Occidental Coastal Wetlands Conservation Area” (NOCWCA) of the Philippines has been declared as the 7th Ramsar site. Ramsar Convention delegates, national executives of DENR, and provincial government officials led the inauguration of NOCWCA. Mr. Berthold Schirm of GIZ-PAME Project Director and Dr. Berthold Siebert of ACB-GIZ-Institutional Strengthening...
Sustainable forest management (SFM) is one of the priorities on the path to responding to the adverse impacts of climate change. Deforestation and forest degradation are responsible for one sixth (1/6) of carbon dioxide emissions globally, and forests play a key role in mitigating this environmental threat, absorbing one...
