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A bi-annual newsletter published by the SRI-LMB Project (A Project Funded by the European Union), Asian Center of Innovation for Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (ACISAI), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Vol. 1, Issue 1: Year 2013 e views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission. SRI-LMB Newsletter is project is funded by the European Union is project is implemented by the Asian Institute of Technology. Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) www.ait.asia, ailand has been awarded a grant by the European Union for the implementation of the Action entitled “Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Inno- vation and Learning around the Sys- tem of Rice Intensification in the Low- er Mekong River Basin” (SRI-LMB). e contract between AIT and the European Union was signed on 12 November 2012. e project imple- mentation period is for 60 months (from 01 January 2013 onwards) with a total cost of approximately 3.4 million Euros. European Union will contribute 85 per cent of the total cost of Action (approximately 2.9 million Euros). e main objective of the project is to contribute to enhance resilience of rainfed small-scale farmers of the Lower Mekong Region confronting climate change. e project will be implemented in Cambodia, Laos, ailand and Vietnam. e main applicant for this project is AIT along with its partners – FAO Regional IPM Programme in South and Southeast Asia, Oxfam America, and Institute of Develop- ment Studies University of Sussex in UK. e Associate partners for the project are the SRI-Rice secre- tariat of the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development (CIIFAD) in USA, and the University of Queensland in Australia. Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Innovation and Learning around the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Lower Mekong River Basin AIT signs agreement with EU on 3.4 mil- lion Euro project Prof. Jayant Routray welcomed participants during the Inception and PlanningWorkshop on behalf of Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai. IN FOCUS In this Issue: Inception and Planning Workshop p2 Launching of ACISAI p3 1st Board Meeting of ACISAI p4
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System of Rice Intensification- Lower Mekong River Basin. A bi-annual newsletter published by SRI-LMB Project (A Project Funded by European Union), Asian Center of Innovation for Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (ACISAI), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)
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A bi-annual newsletter published by the SRI-LMB Project (A Project Funded by the European Union), Asian Center of Innovation for Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (ACISAI), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)
Vol. 1, Issue 1: Year 2013
The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission.
SRI-LMB Newsletter
This project is funded by the European Union This project is implemented by the Asian Institute of Technology.
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) www.ait.asia, Thailand has been awarded a grant by the European Union for the implementation of the Action entitled “Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Inno-vation and Learning around the Sys-tem of Rice Intensification in the Low-er Mekong River Basin” (SRI-LMB). The contract between AIT and the European Union was signed on 12 November 2012. The project imple-mentation period is for 60 months (from 01 January 2013 onwards) with a total cost of approximately 3.4 million Euros. European Union will contribute 85 per cent of the total cost of Action (approximately 2.9 million Euros).
The main objective of the project is
to contribute to enhance resilience of rainfed small-scale farmers of the Lower Mekong Region confronting climate change. The project will be implemented in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.
The main applicant for this project is AIT along with its partners – FAO Regional IPM Programme in South and Southeast Asia, Oxfam America, and Institute of Develop-ment Studies University of Sussex in UK. The Associate partners for the project are the SRI-Rice secre-tariat of the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development (CIIFAD) in USA, and the University of Queensland in Australia.
Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Innovation and Learning around the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the Lower Mekong River Basin
AIT signs agreement with EU on 3.4 mil-lion Euro project
Prof. Jayant Routray welcomed participants during the Inception and PlanningWorkshop on behalf of Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai.
IN FOCUS
In this Issue:
Inception and Planning Workshop p2
Launching of ACISAIp3
1st Board Meeting of ACISAIp4
The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission. 2
This project is funded by the European Union This project is implemented by the Asian Institute of Technology.
An Inception and Planning Work-shop of the project was organized on April from 9-12 at the Confer-ence Center of the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.
Over 70 participants representing project partners, and civil society organizations, and academic insti-tutions from Lower Mekong River Basin countries participated in the workshop. Also, in attendance were the rice farmers from North-
east Thailand, those who have been working with various SRI projects. The Workshop provided an excel-lent opportunity to share the proj-ect objectives and action plans with participants of the workshop and also to receive their important feed-backs.
Eminent speakers included Prof. Norman T. Uphoff, Professor of Government and International Ag-riculture, Cornell University, USA;
Prof. Amir Kassam, Visiting Profes-sor, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, United Kingdom; and Dr. Rosa Rolle on behalf of Mr. Hiroyu-ki Konuma, Assistant Director Gen-eral and Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific, Food and Agri-culture Organization (FAO).
Inception and Planning Workshop
1. Group Photo; 2. Dr. Abha Mishra; 3. Dr. Prabhat Kumar; 4.Prof. Norman Uphoff; 5. Prof. Amir Kassam; 6.Dr. Jan Willem Ketelaar; 7. Dr. Brian Lund; 8. with Prof. Jayant Routray and Dr. Anil Kumar Anal.
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The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission. 3
This project is funded by the European Union This project is implemented by the Asian Institute of Technology.
As a part of the AIT-EC project, a new ACISAI Center has been launched coinciding with the Incep-tion and planning workshop of the project. The Center aims to develop multi-stakeholder network for co-generation of knowledge, capacity
building of the agricultural profes-sionals and institutions to strength-en Agricultural Research for Devel-opment (AR4D). The objective is to foster linkages between local, na-tional, and international institutions for inclusive dialogue, knowledge sharing and dissemination on con-vergent subject areas such as food security, climate change and global partnerships for achieving interna-tional public goods and finally de-velop committed young profession-als with new knowledge and skills required to realize the potential of Sustainable Agricultural Intenfica-tion (SAI) in Asia and beyond.
The ACISAI Center is located at the ground floor of the administra-tive building. Dr Prabhat Kumar and Dr. Abha Mishra are entrusted with the responsibility of the found-ing Directors of this Center, under a Board of Directors. Currently under the leadership of AIT President, the BOD has 6 members, whereas the Steering Committee is composed of 6 colleagues from two Schools of AIT namely School of Environment Resources and Development and School of Management.
Launch of Regional Innovation Platform called ‘Asian Cen-ter of Innovation for Sustainable Agriculture Intensification’ (ACISAI)
Ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of ACISAI. L-R: Prof. Norman Uphoff, Prof. Jayant Routray, Prof. Amir Kassam and Dr. Rosa Rolle.
Prof. Worksak Kanok-Nukulchai AIT President (Interim) and Chair of the BOD, ACISAI Center
Professor Norman UphoffProfessor of Government and International Agriculture at Cornell University, US and Director of the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs (CIPA)
Dr. Hiroyuki Konuma Assistant Director-General and FAO Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific
Profesosr Amir KassamOBE, is a Visiting Professor in the School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Read-ing, UK
ACISAI Board of Directors
Dr. Abha Mishra Co-Director, ACISAI Team Leader, SRI-LMB
Dr. Prabhat KumarDirector, ACISAI Regional Coordinator, SRI-LMB
First Board of Directors meeting of ACISAI Center
SRI-LMB Newsletter is published bi-annually by SRI-LMB Publications Unit. We welcome your input, preferably in English. The deadline for submissions is on 30 May for June issue and 30 November for December issue. We reserve the right to edit all contri-
butions.Please send inputs to Dr. Abha Mishra, Project Manager-SRI-LMB, [email protected]. website: www.sri-lmb.ait.asia
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This project is funded by the European Union This project is implemented by the Asian Institute of Technology.
News from Project Coordination UnitACISAI Staffs
Dr. Prabhat Kumar Regional Coordinator, SRI-LMB
Ms. Sukanya Numa Administrative and Financial Officer
Ms. Huang Luying Research Associate
Dr. Abha Mishra Team Leader, SRI-LMB
Mr. Manop Saiphet National Training Assistant
Ms. Aileen T. Guirnela
Research and Media Associate [email protected]
