Thailand’s Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, working with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, plan shift from conventional to low-emission rice farming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 26 per cent over the 5-year span of a project to be funded by the multi-donor Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) facility.
The shift will involve 100,000 Thai rice farmers and will drive wide-scale adoption of the rice standard of the Sustainable Rice Platform that offers a practical framework for promoting climate-smart best practices and improving the livelihoods of Thailand’s rice smallholders.
Thailand is among the top 15 countries worldwide most affected by climate-related impacts. With the ratification of the Paris Agreement in September 2016, the Royal Thai Government committed to contribute to global efforts to achieve climate change mitigation.
