Sustainable Agricultural Development and Food Quality Initiative

OBJECTIVE Precondiations for Myanmar's agro-based food systems to meet the quality and safety requirements of modern food markets have been established. COUNTRYMyanmar DURATION24 May 2017 - 31 May 2021 Commission AgencyBMZ CONTACT PERSON MR. PETER HINN peter.hinn@giz.de

Sustainable Agricultural Value Chains

OBJECTIVES Deforestation-free agricultural supply chains for renewable raw materials with global markets are established DESCRIPTION The GIZ/SASCI project, in collaboration with its main government partners, Directorate General of Estate Crops, Ministry of Agriculture (National), the Estate Crop and Livestock Agency (W. Kalimantan), and the Agriculture and Food Crop Agency (Kapuas Hulu), supports...

Green Innovation Centres for the Agriculture and Food Sector – India

Context Roughly half of Indiaā€™s population is engaged in the agriculture and food sector. As there is great potential for growth, the Indian government has set itself an ambitious goal: 'Doubling Farmers Income by 2022' and establishing 10.000 Farmer Producer Organisations by 2024. As a result, farmers will have better...

Salinity Advisory as location and specific and timely service

PROJECT DESCRIPTION R&D is an ICT-enabled eco-system used for salinity warning and advisory as a decision support-tool for rice farmers: a) Action- research on crop management responses to salinity intrusion b) Deployment of a mobile platform for local salinity data collection and warning to rice growers SUCCESS STORIES SALTS: If farmers measure and disseminate...

Food and Nutrition Security in Eastern Shan State, Myanmar

OBJECTIVE The project aims to: Improve the Food and Nutrition Security of vulnerable populations in selected areas in Eastern Shan State, especially women of reproductive age and infants PROJECT DESCRIPTION Food insecurity and malnutrition remain a challenge for the poorest and most vulnerable people in rural areas in Eastern Shan State. Among the...

Standards in the Southeast Asian Food Trade (SAFT)

OBJECTIVE To verifiably apply both standards in the ASEAN region, particularly in the production of fresh and processed fruits and vegetables PROą¹‹JECT DESCRIPTION SAFT is a GIZ-supported project that advises the ASEAN Secretariat on the development and implementation of regional food standards for good agricultural practices (ASEAN GAP) and organic agriculture (ASOA). There...

Sustainable Certified Coconut Oil (SCNO)

OBJECTIVE The project aims to: increase the quantity of sustainably produced and certified coconut oil and at increasing smallholder coconut farmersā€™ incomes in the Philippines and in Indonesia establish a certified chain of custody for sustainable certified coconut oil PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Sustainable Certified Coconut Oil project (SCNO) is a public-private-partnership initiative which aims...

RIICE: Remote sensing-based information and insurance for crops in emerging economies

OBJECTIVE To reduce vulnerability of smallholder farmers engaged in rice production NEWS PROJECT DESCRIPTION The tools of RIICE provide information about the scope and impact of disasters and a precise and timely overview of planted rice area and expected and actual yields ā€“ down to the village level. Such a national rice production...