The Climate Smart Rice and Water Productivity projects aim to support the Government of Myanmar, the agri-business sector and smallholder rice farmers to stimulate transformation of the rice sector towards sustainability by promoting climate smart and resource-efficient best practices.
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Project NameClimate Smart Rice and Water Productivity
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Project Phase2019 to 2022
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FundingNorwegian Agency for Development Cooperation and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
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Thematic focusPrivate Sector Development
Rural Access
Climate & Disaster Resilience
WASH & Water Governance
The Myanmar Rice Sector Development Strategy aims to boost rice production and transform Myanmar from self-sufficiency to a sustainable rice exporter. The planned expansion in the country’s rice sector is, however, highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and natural disasters. These impacts, including changing hydrological cycles, rising temperatures, salinity, drought and natural disasters, are causing increasingly severe damage across the entire agricultural sector. Facing such formidable challenges, there is a need to strengthen sustainability issues in existing policies whilst enhance productivity and efficiency not only at the farm level, but for all rice value chain actors.
To address these challenges, the project aims to support the Government of Myanmar, the agri-business sector and smallholder rice farmers to stimulate transformation of the rice sector towards sustainability by promoting climate smart and resource-efficient best practices.
Implementing partners of this project are UN Environment Program, HELVETAS Myanmar, PRIME Agri Limited and the Sustainable Rice Platform.
The primary approach used is known as "Push-Pull-Policy" with the following specific objectives:
Outcome A: Rice-based resilient farming systems widely adopted, leading to improved farmer livelihoods (Push).
Outcome B: Certified export and sustainable domestic rice value chains established and functioning (Pull).
Outcome C: Policy and regulatory framework strengthened to support the national rice sector development strategy (Policy).
Video: “Changes in the Fields”
More information about climate smart rice growing practices (in Myanmar language):
Part 1 - Farm Management
Part 2 - Pre-Planting
Part 3 - Water Usage
Part 4 - Nutrient Management
Part 5 - Integrated Pest Management
Part 6 - Harvest and Post harvest
Part 7 - Health and Safety
Part 8 - Labor Rights
Additional Documents
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Climate Smart Rice Project - Rice Value Chain StudyPDF (1.48 MB)
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Climate Smart Rice Project - Facilitating a fair and socially responsible contract farming scheme in the rice sector in Myanmar - Full ReportPDF (1.17 MB)
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Climate Smart Rice Project - Facilitating a fair and socially responsible contract farming scheme in the rice sector in Myanmar - SummaryPDF (0.27 MB)
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Climate Smart Rice Project - Baseline StudyPDF (0.43 MB)
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Climate Smart Rice Project - Gender and Social Equity Analysis in Rice ProductionPDF (2.01 MB)