On August 27-28, 2024, the Vietnam Rice Sector Association (VIETRISA) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), hosted the Consultation Workshop on Access to Finance in the Low Emission Rice Value Chain in Vietnam. With the growing need to understand how transitioning to low-emission rice production impacts SMEs, market
Hanoi, Vietnam (09 September 2024) – The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) officially handed over the Rice Activity Monitoring and Reporting (RiceMoRe) system to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam (MARD). The handover was carried out by leaders of the Department of Crop Production (DCP), the Center for Agricultural Digital Transformation and Agricultural Statistics (DTS), IRRI Country
Asian Mega-Deltas for Climate and Livelihood Resilience, known as the AMD Initiative, is one of the initiatives under CGIAR for the three main deltas in Asia, namely the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta in Bangladesh and India, Irrawaddy Delta in Myanmar, and Mekong River Delta in Vietnam and Cambodia. The three Asian mega-deltas are home to tens of millions of people, a source
For the fourteenth installment of Delta Talks, the CGIAR Initiative on Asian Mega-Deltas (AMD) and Wageningen University & Research (WUR) presented a webinar on harnessing local-scale hydrological insights for enhanced water and salinity management in Asian mega-deltas. Dr. Dipaka R Sena, a researcher at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI)-India, presented research on developing an AI/ML-driven salinity forecasting system for
The CGIAR Research Initiative on Diversification in Each and Southern Africa (Ukama Ustawi), led by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), focuses on sustainably intensifying and diversifying maize-mixed food systems. To achieve this, Ukama Ustawi (UU) looks for practical solutions to contextual challenges faced by farmers, researchers and other stakeholders in the agricultural sector. CGIAR researchers often venture into remote,
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam (October 3, 2024) – the Center for Digital Transformation and Agricultural Statistics (DTS) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) held a conference on Digital Transformation in Agriculture. Experts, government officials, and other stakeholders gathered to explore the future digital transformation of Vietnam’s agriculture sector. As part of the conference, a key highlight was
by Mou Rani Sarker, Bushra Humaira Sadaf and Ahmad Salahuddin With around 300 households, Hironpur (pseudonym) in Munshigonj Union in Shyamnagar Upazila, Satkhira is located in southwest Bangladesh. The village is facing significant agricultural challenges. The villagers’ livelihood depends on agricultural production, including vegetable gardening, shrimp farming, cattle raising, and poultry farming. The community heavily relies on canals, known as
Hanoi, Vietnam (October 8, 2024) – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development-Department of Crop Production (MARD-DCP) has officially recognized the “Technical guidelines on mechanized direct seeding combined with fertilizer deep placement for rice production in the Mekong River Delta” as a technical advancement in crop production. The guidelines, authored by a team of experts from the International Rice Research