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January 7, 2025 | International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) |  A recent study “Advanced technologies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from rice fields: Is hybrid rice the game changer?”, publi

January 10, 2025 | CarbonCredits.com |  Verra has updated the compensation process for 4.56 million over-issued Verified Carbon Units (VCUs) linked to 37 rejected rice cultivation projects in China. A

January 21, 2025 | World Economic Forum |  Rice, a staple for over half the world’s population, also contributes 1.5% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, largely due to inefficient fertilizer us

January 6, 2025 | The Nation |  Thailand’s Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry is promoting low-carbon rice cultivation to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, advance its climate goals, and enhan

January 9, 2025 | Mongabay |  Indonesia’s Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni has announced a plan to convert 20 million hectares of forest into food and biofuel estates, raising concerns over deforest

January 23, 2025 | Newtalk News (In Chinese) |  The 3rd meeting of the Taiwan’s National Climate Change Committee has unveiled a comprehensive decarbonization plan involving six key ministries to driv

January 23, 2025 | CNA NetZero (In Chinese) |  Taiwan’s Ministry of Agriculture outlined three key strategies to support the nation’s net-zero goal during the 3rd meeting of the Taiwan’s National Clim

November 20, 2024 | CGIAR Climate Impact Platform |  COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, has brought agriculture to the forefront of climate discussions, emphasizing its critical role in building resilience an

November 20, 2024 | Climate Action |  COP29’s Food, Water, and Agriculture Day highlighted the dual role of agri-food systems in mitigating and adapting to climate change. These systems, responsible f

November 22, 2024 | Climate Action |  The Agri-Food Systems Summit showcased global efforts to transform agriculture into a sustainable and climate-resilient engine for change. Central to the dialogue

December 6, 2024 | FAO |  The FAO’s "Agrifood Systems in Nationally Determined Contributions: Global Analysis" highlights agrifood systems as pivotal to climate action, with 94% of countries prioritiz

November 18, 2024 | Asian Development Bank (ADB) |  The Asia-Pacific region is tackling the dual challenges of climate resilience and food security, as highlighted during COP29's multistakeholder