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Growing the No-Burn Network: a #thaiRAIN Success Story
December 20, 2024
No-Burn Conference Expanded #thaiRAIN’s Network USDA #thaiRAIN significantly expanded its network of leaders and organizations seeking to reduce PM2.5 emissions from open-field biomass burning. The event made #thaiRAIN a partner of The Friends of Thai Agriculture (FTA), a coalition of international diplomats working in Thailand’s farming sector. In addition to #thaiRAIN, the FTA includes the […]
Evidence-based CSi audit: A #thaiRAIN success story
Conclusion of #thaiRAIN’s First S of the 5-S Approach #thaiRAIN has completed the first phase, Source, of its evidence-based participatory approach called “5-S,” which involves Sourcing, Supporting, Scaling, Selling, and Sharing climate-smart innovations (CSi). In its third year of operation, the project will validate the market for all audited CSi to determine the support needed […]
Pairing CSi and Krayasart: a #thaiRAIN success story
October 29, 2024
Innovation forum paired with Thai tradition In Thailand and neighboring countries, the Festival of the 10th Lunar Month holds a special place in local traditions. It is a time when people pay homage to their ancestors with the season’s first harvest, a tradition that dates back hundreds of years. Among the foods prepared during this […]
Friends of clean air: A #thaiRAIN success story
October 17, 2024
Too hard to breathe Air pollution has topped Thailand’s environmental challenges over the past decade. According to the State of Global Air Report, toxic haze was linked to 32,200 deaths in 2019 — higher than those caused by COVID. Thailand’s average PM2.5 concentration in 2023 was 4.7 times above the World Health Organization’s air quality […]
Southeast Asia “center of excellence” in the making: a #thaiRAIN success story
September 19, 2024
We need to talk about agri-food climate-smart innovations Southeast Asian farmers are facing the concrete effects of climate change, such as unusual weather, rising temperatures, water shortages, increasing pest infestations and devastating floods. The region has invested in R&D and innovations for many years, but the results have been unsatisfactory. Crop yield increases have stalled […]
First RAIN DROP excitement: A #thaiRAIN success story
September 19, 2024
Isn’t RAIN DROP refreshing? Isn’t it refreshing to feel raindrops falling from the sky? Just like that, RAIN’s grant program, called RAIN DROP, aims to revitalize Thai agriculture by enhancing the capacity of grantees — partners who will work to scale technologies among farmers. RAIN has prioritized grant programs, given that the project works with […]
“By supporting parents, we also help children.”
June 14, 2024
The Taldykorgan Regional Women’s Support Center, established in 1997, offers legal, social, and psychological assistance to women and children. Since its establishment, almost 10,000 women and children have received various kinds of support. Since 2023, the center has been partnering with Winrock International on the Kazakhstan Actions Against Trafficking in Children project funded by the […]
“It is my calling.”
May 24, 2024
There are many different types of volunteering, from donating money, to assisting in emergency situations, or volunteering one’s time. Current studies indicate that volunteering has a positive impact on volunteers’ levels of happiness as well as their career opportunities. According to a Corporation for National and Community Service report, people who volunteer on a regular […]
The Chaiyaphum Experiment: a #thaiRAIN success story
May 20, 2024
The problem For many cassava farmers in Thailand and the Greater Mekong Subregion, Cassava Mosaic Disease has been a rapidly growing concern since its outbreak in 2018. The disease is economically lethal, as affected plantations often suffer more than a 50 percent drop in yield due to CMD infections, and any infected cassava must be […]
Pitch perfect – The Starch Value Chain Conference: a #thaiRAIN success story
May 20, 2024
RAIN forecast across the region The USDA-funded Thailand Regional Agriculture Innovation Network (#thaiRAIN) has started building a reputation for its innovative methods. For example, to achieve the goal of promoting climate-smart innovation to 30,000 farmers, #thaiRAIN is focused on building effective business models and encouraging early adoption through existing supply chain actors. While it might […]