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Vietnam works towards combating climate change through agricultural innovation

A series of initiatives have been designed to promote sustainable agriculture emphasising emissions reduction and climate change adaptation and mitigation, most of which can be applied in Vietnam. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

On 28 November, the Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centres (CGIAR) along with Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) co-hosted a forum dubbed ‘Research and innovation for enhanced environmental sustainability, low-emission agriculture, climate change adaptation and mitigation’ at Pan Pacific Hotel in Hanoi

Cargill and CARE expand partnership to improve lives and develop economy

For more than 60 years, CARE and Cargill have collaborated to develop and implement 34 distinct programmes that reached more than 4.6 mn people across 13 countries, including Côte dIvoire, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Nicaragua, and Indonesia

Grow Asia launches GrowRight fund to drive investments in southeast Asia’s agri-food sector

Grow Asia, a nonprofit established by the World Economic Forum and the ASEAN Secretariat to build partnerships for more inclusive, resilient, and sustainable food systems, has launched a US$6.6mn multi-donor impact fund to drive more responsible investments in Asia’s food and forestry sector

CP Foods' biogas system succeeds in combating climate change

Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited or CP Foods is promoting environmentally friendly and sustainable food production in line with the Bio-Circular-Green economy model (BCG) by producing biogas at animal farms and food manufacturing plants across Thailand

DA discusses latest edition of World Bank’s PEU at launch and forum on 7 December

Department of Agriculture (DA) Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban said the World Bank’s Philippines Economic Update (PEU) December 2022 edition is extra special for the agriculture sector as it focuses on public expenditure review for agriculture

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