In 2015 we launched the world’s first Standard for Sustainable Rice Cultivation, together with a set of Performance Indicators to enable monitoring of progress and impact..

In 2016, Indonesia stopped importing rice from other countries. One of the driving factors is the BRIA programme aimed at improving the livelihoods of farmers..

Indonesia is one of 17 countries with nutrition problems of concern, placing the country’s nutrition status at the same level as African countries, according to the International Food Policy.

The demand for rice, the most important crop in the country, is estimated to increase by 38% in the next 25 years. Assuming that the planting area, which often amounts to only 0.3 to 0.5 ha per farming household.

BRIA has endeavoured to contribute to the Philippines’ long term goal of achieving rice selfsufficiency. The project has been implemented with the goal of strengthening the local government.

Working in collaboration with the Rice Department (RD), BRIA selected and trained approximately 10,000 farmers from 200 Community Rice Centres (CRCs) who grow rice in large fields..

The “Rice IPM training” for farmers and retailers was initiated within the context of “Promotion of Integrated Pest Management to Address Plant-hopper Outbreaks in Rice” in the Mekong Delta of Viet Nam.

BRIA aimed to raise the sustainable production and quality of Vietnamese rice by implementing publicprivate partnership (PPP) models in the three provinces of Hau Giang, Kien Giang and Dong Thap.

BRIA organised FARMERS Day cum Harvest Festival in the municipalities of Hinunangan, Hinundayan and Silago, Region 8, the Philippines. Funded through the support of the BRIA local subsidy (LS).

The Philippine component of BRIA is better known as the Better Rice Initiative Asia-Fostering Agriculture and Rice Marketing by improved Education and Rural advisory Services (BRIA-FARMERS).

BRIA shared lessons learnt from pilot testing and introducing the SRP Standard at the 2017 Sustainable Rice Conference and Exhibition held by the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) from 4-5 October 2017.

A quiz on ‘climate-smart rice cultivation’ was recently held by BRIA in Kien Giang province, Viet Nam. There were more than 100 participants including members of 21 cooperatives.