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Rural transformation
 
News Story
31 March 2020
Migrant workers may be caught between the devil and the deep blue sea during the COVID-19 crisis

The ongoing global pandemic may increase job insecurity and ruin rudimentary social welfare structures, amplifying the vulnerability of migrant workers.

Trade and production
 
News Story
19 February 2019
Who pays the price for cheap seafood?

Thanks to globalization we now can enjoy seafood from all over the world. But with less fish in the sea to catch, someone has to pay for the misdeeds of unsustainable fishing.

Landscape management
 
News Story
25 May 2017
In a bind: How policy divide between forestry and farming can result in poverty and hunger

For generations, upland communities of Vietnam, Thailand and Nepal relied on fruits, nuts, mushrooms and berries when harvests were low, and used shifting agriculture, allowing soil to rebound.

Landscape management
 
Publication
10 May 2017
Farming + Forests = Food security: Integrated landscapes offer hope of sustainability in Asian uplands

Forests have, historically, had a very important role in food security in upland areas of South and Southeast Asia – both as sources of wild food and as sites for grazing, planting food trees...

Landscape management
Rural transformation
Higher Education for Sustainable Agriculture (HESA) in Southeast Asia
 
Publication
1 April 2016
Transforming Thai higher education for sustainable agriculture – Addressing the need for food security

The Government of Thailand is currently taking steps to promote sustainable agriculture as an alternative to conventional high- input, intensive agriculture systems in Thailand. The government...

Landscape management
Higher Education for Sustainable Agriculture (HESA) in Southeast Asia
 
News Story
16 January 2016
HESA Expert Group – Final Activity Report Published

In 2015 SIANI funded a new Expert Group in Southeast Asia, which has been looking at best practices and the capacities for Higher Education for Sustainable Agriculture (HESA) in the region.

Trade and production
 
News Story
2 October 2015
Can biofuels, oil palm and agribusiness be a sustainable strategy for Southeast Asia?

The new brief draws together SEI research done between 2011 and 2014 on agribusiness developments – especially of oil palm – in Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. It presents overarching insights from that work, along with recommendations for how the industry could be governed more sustainably and aligned more closely with the interests of lo

Gender and equality
Higher Education for Sustainable Agriculture (HESA) in Southeast Asia
 
Slides
26 May 2015
Thai Policy in the ASEAN Context

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Poonpipop KASEMSAP, Representative of The Office of the Higher Education Commission, Ministry of Education responded to the following questions in this presentation:

Gender and equality
Higher Education for Sustainable Agriculture (HESA) in Southeast Asia
 
Slides
26 May 2015
Government Perspectives & Policies: Thai Higher Agriculture Education, Scientific Research and Extension Priorities amidst National Environment/Sustainability and Capacity Development Challenges

Mr. Suppanart KETCHAROEN, Director of Agricultural Extension Research and Development Division, Department of Agricultural Extension (DOAE) responded to the following questions in this presentation;

Gender and equality
Higher Education for Sustainable Agriculture (HESA) in Southeast Asia
 
News Story
26 May 2015
Reporting from the dialogue on Higher Education for Sustainable Agriculture (HESA) and Food Security

On March 19 and 20th 2015 the Chulalongkorn University School of Agricultural Resources (CUSAR) in Bangkok hosted a small expert group discussion followed the next day by a Public Forum and Academic Dialogue on “Higher Education for Sustainable Agriculture (HESA) and Food Security in Thailand.”  Government officials, scholars, international agency repre