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TEEBAgriFood Assessment – sustainable rice in the Northeast and Central regions

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TEEBAgriFood Assessment – sustainable rice in the Northeast and Central regions

Scope of work

  • TEEBAgriFood assessment of commercial rice sector, directly engaging the agri-business sector in Thailand who are receptive to looking at dependencies and impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services (and influencing Key Performance Indicators). This analysis focuses on the production practices that adhere to the standards and indicators of the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP).
  • Geographical scope of research will be on the northeast and central regions of Thailand, representing approximately 80% of the rice area of Thailand, with field studies in areas where the adoption of the SRP Standard is being piloted.
  • Mainstream findings into the training activities and materials of the government’s agricultural extension services.

Publications and resources

Engaging agri-business

The TEEBAgriFood for business project seeks to support private sector actors to understand the complex ways in which their success depends and impacts on the health of ecosystems, and provide a clear business case for investing in environmental protection and restoration.

Country-level activities

The Capitals Coalition, in collaboration with UNEP and the partners of the TEEBAgriFood initiative, have developed guidance for agri-business (also available in Thai language), a capacity-building programme (bilingual) and are building a network of forward-thinking organizations in partner countries. Read more

TEEBAgriFood for Business training programme in Thailand started on 31 March 2022.  The training is conducted by the Capitals Coalition in collaboration with Scholars of Sustenance Thailand, UNDP Thailand, the Global Compact Network Thailand, and Global Food partners.  The training program has been split into five sessions so far (March to September) taking businesses step by step through the processes of measuring and valuing their business’ impacts and dependencies on natural, social and human capitals.  Interested businesses still can catch up with recordings of previous sessions available below. A TEEBAgriFood training Thailand group community page is available for registered participants.

Businesses are currently also being offered additional one-to-one advice on carrying out a capitals assessment.

Events and meetings

Media

Status: Ongoing

This project is funded by the Partnership Instrument of the European Union

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This project will build upon and complement work undertaken as part of the German IKI-funded TEEBAgriFood project in Thailand.

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