Initiative to protect food systems in Asian mega delta launched in Can Tho
The “Securing the Food Systems of Asian Mega-Deltas for Climate and Livelihood Resilience” Initiative (AMD) was launched at a conference in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on June 28.
Can Tho (VNA) – The “Securing the Food Systems of Asian Mega-Deltasfor Climate and Livelihood Resilience” Initiative (AMD) was launched at aconference in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on June 28.
Home to 177 million people, of whom 36% are poor, thedensely populated Asian mega-deltas are biodiverse, fertile and productive foodbaskets dominated by rice, fisheries and aquaculture that support millions ofpeople beyond the delta dwellers themselves.
However, tens of millions of small-scale producers living inAsian mega-deltas face risks to food and nutrition security and livelihoodsfrom impacts of climate change. The deltas are also severely affected by morefrequent and more intense floods, sea-level rise and salinisation of freshwaterand soil.
Therefore, this initiative aims to create resilient,inclusive and productive deltas - which maintain socio-ecological integrity,adapt to climatic and other stressors, and support human prosperity andwellbeing - by removing systemic barriers to the scaling of transformativetechnologies and practices at community, national and regional levels, said Dr.Björn Ole Sander, Chief Representative of the International Rice ResearchInstitute (IRRI) in Vietnam and also head of the initiative.
It will focus on three major deltas in Asia, namely theGanges-Brahmaputra Delta in Bangladesh and India, the Irrawaddy Delta inMyanmar, and the Mekong River Delta in Vietnam and Cambodia.
Le Thanh Tung, Deputy Director of the Department of CropProduction under the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, saidthat the field of operation of the AMD Initiative is in line with his ministry’sstrategic development orientation in agriculture, farmers and rural areas.
The initiative’s goals are in accordance with what Vietnam's agriculturalindustry wants to achieve in cooperating with the Mekong River Delta countries to stabilisefood and goods for the region’s people and respond to climate change, he added./.
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