Low Carbon Rice: Reducing climate impact of rice production in Indonesia
The EU Switch Asia project (2022-2024) seeks to minimise the impact rice production has on the climate by implementing sustainable production methods at the post-harvest level. Policy dialogue with relevant Indonesian authorities on the national and district level and strengthening the institutional capacity of stakeholders on sustainable rice will also play an essential part in the project activities.
Introduce SMEs rice millers to sustainability concepts and benefits and develop a sustainable rice business model
Provide capacity building targeted toward the needs of each specific set of stakeholders
Provide technical assistance to support switch rice milling operations to more sustainable methods
Provide and facilitate rice miller access to new markets and new finance mechanisms to encourage uptake of sustainable methods
Coordinate with all key stakeholders to build sustainable approach
Facilitate policy dialog to enable sustainable rice to be recognised and sold
Develop production policy and guidance on sustainable rice partnership model and strengthen the institutional capacity of stakeholders on sustainable rice at the district level
Develop standard, criteria and indicators for the Indonesia Sustainable Rice platform
Baseline study to determine GHG emissions from rice production in five districts; study repeated at project end.
The planned outcomes are the ability of rice millers to produce rice at a lower cost with high productivity with the support from the supply chain actors in Java and increasing the production of sustainable rice with the reduced environmental footprint of its cultivation.
