10Mar
2023

Coffee++ – Transforming livelihoods and climate resilience of smallholder coffee producers through the adoption of regenerative agriculture production systems

[GIZ] Coffee ++ is the follow-up project of the successful collaboration project between GIZ and Nestlé “Improving smallholder coffee farming systems in Southeast Asia” (Project Coffee+), commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ). Building onto this, the Coffee++ integrated development partnership (iDPP) will add new...

08Mar
2023

Supporting development projects on climate-smart agricultural value chains

Farming Woman [GIZ/GRAPE] Agricultural development projects often emphasize the need for climate change adaptation (and mitigation) in production. Yet upstream and downstream functions of agricultural value chains bear a similar importance for resilience of the agricultural system. Guidance for the use of adequate tools and at best a comprehensive approach...

27Oct
2022

Sustainability is promising when your partners buy in!

The measures, knowledge and tools developed and implemented by the Coffee+ project have been sustained through enablement of each relevant partners and farmers from various government and non-government sectors in delivering the mutual goal. The mechanisms include institutionalisation, collaboration, and capacity development. Improving smallholder coffee farming systems in Southeast Asia...

27Oct
2022

A technological view on Indian cotton ginning at the Bremen Cotton Conference 2022

In collaboration with internationally recognised brands and organisations, the project promotes the implementation of sustainability standards such as Better Cotton Standards, Fairtrade Standards and Organic Standards. So far, around 240,000 smallholder farmers in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh are supported for sustainable cotton production. Besides working directly with...

08Aug
2022

Digital Innovations for Sustainable Future to Support ASEAN SMEs

Speakers during “SMEs’ Digital Innovations towards Sustainable Future” topic on 8/8/2022. [GIZ / Diella Dachlan] The market talks and virtual business matchmaking event focused on the “SMEs’ Digital Innovations towards Sustainable Future” topic. SMEs and businesses in ASEAN and G20 countries delved deeper into how the digital environment supports cross-border...

26Jul
2022

ASEAN kickstarts the ASEAN SME Policy Index 2024 Development

Group photo of ASEAN SME officials during the event to update ASEAN SME Policy Index through a hybrid event from 26 – 27 July 2022 in Jakarta. [GIZ] The delegations attending the event were SME development agencies from the ten ASEAN Member States, representatives from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation...

25Jul
2022

Agricultural exhibition on Solar technologies

Renewable energy solutions on display: on 5th and 6th of April, the GIC project together with its implementing partners SELCO Foundation and APMAS organised a two-day agricultural exhibition of renewable energy technologies in Madanapalle, in India’s eastern state of Andhra Pradesh.

01Jun
2022

Master Trainers ready to train 350 Coconut Farmers on Regenerative Agriculture

After 18 months of piloting regenerative practices with selected pioneering coconut farmers, the Regenerative Coconuts Agriculture Project (ReCAP) is ready for its next phase: Scale-up phase. To kick-off this phase, 15 staff from the Department of Agricultural Extension (DOAE), 7 staff from the Department of Agriculture (DOA) and 5...

25May
2022

Policy Framework for Promoting Sustainable Agriculture in ASEAN

The guideline development looks at the existing frameworks, among other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as the ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery Framework (ACRF) and ASEAN Integrated Food Security (AIFS) Framework and Strategic Plan of Action on Food Security (SPA-FS) 2021-2025 - ASEAN for long-term socio-economic recovery strategy post-pandemic. The guideline development started...