More than 90 representatives from 11 Asian countries participated in an executive consultation forum and capacity building seminar to learn and share their experiences on mechanisms to deal with financial risks resulting from climate change. It was organized by the “Strategic Alliance on Climate Risk Transfer Solutions” (Strategic Alliance),...
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The Largest International Event covering Biocontrol in ASIA Following the inaugural Biocontrol Asia Conference & Exhibition that took place in New Delhi in 2015 and gathered more than 200 people from 20 countries and the recent inaugural Biocontrol LATAM conference & Exhibition that took place in Campinas, Brazil and gathered...
"MOSA gave me a new perspective of evaluating the sustainability of agriculture in my country. In the past, I thought about sustainability mainly from an economic point of view. Now I know that long-term economic success only comes when acting in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. Therefore, my...
Sustainable Rice Platform Certified Rice Thailand’s Rice Department, Better Rice Initiative project, OLAM International, and Bayer have jointly initiated pilot testing of the Sustainable Rice Platform Standard with farmer groups in the north-eastern province of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. The Sustainable Rice Platform Standard on Sustainable Rice Cultivation can be regarded...
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,...
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...
