The GRA & New Zealand’s Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Initiative – Supporting Climate Action
Under the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA), New Zealand’s Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) initiative has been supporting developing countries like Vietnam towards building capability to meet international standards relating to trade in agriculture products. The CSA is a New Zealand-funded international development programme that aims to strengthen climate action by helping countries to effectively account for, and mitigate, their agricultural GHG emissions.
“New Zealand is supporting Vietnam with a GHG inventory and measurement project, developing Vietnam’s agricultural emissions measurement capabilities to accurately track and claim emissions reductions and identify high-impact mitigation options while maintaining productivity”.
New Zealand CSA funding has been used to develop a digital rice activity monitoring and reporting system “RiceMoRe” through a collaboration between the International Rice Research Institute and Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Read more about it HERE.