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Coconut Farming as a business training curriculum, workbook launched

MANDALUYONG City, PH, 18 August 2017 The Sustainable Certified Coconut Oil project (SCNO) project and the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) launched the Coconut Farming as a Business training curriculum and farmersā€™ workbook (in the Cebuano dialect) during the opening day of the 31st Coconut Week Celebration and 4th International Coconut...

Philippines gets ready to access the Green Climate Fund

GIZ, through the SupportCCC II project, participated in the Philippinesā€™ first Green Climate Fund (GCF) Orientation and Prioritization Tool Inception Workshop to advance understanding and coordination of GCF financing activities in the country. The workshop was organized by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the countryā€™s National Designated...

Open Call for Proposals: Funding Innovation Making a Difference

The Common Fund for Commodities provides financing to organisations and enterprises engaged in commodity value chains in its member countries. Through a range of financial instruments, the CFC seeks to support business activities in the field of commodity development, including agriculture, minerals and metals in Developing Countries. The intervention...

ASEAN-CRN takes part in the APEC Climate Symposium 2017

Photo by APEC Climate Center CAN THO, Vietnam ā€“ The ASEAN Climate Resilience Network (ASEAN-CRN) participated in the annual APEC Climate Symposium 2017 with the theme ā€œBuilding resilient agro-food systems from production to consumptionā€ from 18-20 August 2017 in Can Tho, Vietnam. Hosted by the APEC Climate Center (APCC) and...

SECTOR NETWORK TUEWAS’ ONLINE SDGs PORTAL LAUNCHED

25 AugustĀ --Ā GIZ projects in the Transport, Environment, Energy and Water in Asia (TUEWAS) sector have just made the topic of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) a tad more visible and systematic with the launch of the new SDGs knowledge hub. Get an overview of the sector and a regional perspective...

Saving the Mekong Delta

18/03/2017Ā ā€“Ā by Severin Peters, Christian Henckes Climate change has a dramatic impact on the Mekong Delta, the ā€œrice bowl of Vietnamā€. Official studies suggest that by the year 2100, up to 39 % of the region could be inundated by the ocean, which would have serious consequences not only for its...

Call for Submissions: Youth and Agroecology Short Film Competition

Do you care about sustainable farming, theĀ #environment, andĀ #agroecology? Do you believe thatĀ #youthĀ are part of the solution and can lead an agricultural revolution that is much needed in the Mekong region? Feeling creative? Filmmakers from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam are invited to submit their shorts by 15 October 2017....

ASEAN celebrates 50-year journey as a peopleā€™s community

JAKARTA, 11 August 2017 The ASEAN Secretariat celebrated ASEANā€™s golden jubilee in Jakarta with a commemorative ceremony in the morning and colourful performances in the afternoon. President Joko Widodo of Indonesia attended the ceremony together with ASEAN Secretary-General Le Luong Minh, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman,...

Web farmer database contributes to efficient project implementation in Indonesia

Figure 1: A screenshot of farmerā€™s personal data In todayā€™s world, information and communications technology (ICT) is widely applied for an effective and efficient working system, and data accuracy and privacy. A database management system (DBMS) is commonly used as a professional and scalable management system. To embrace a paperless...