Regional meeting: promoting climate-smart water technologies and innovations for sustainable water resources and rice production under climate change in the Lancang-Mekong Region

This meeting aims to share examples of best practices and the current state of knowledge of climate-smart water technologies, innovations, and initiatives in the Lancang-Mekong Region and to discuss how to promote and scale up climate-smart water technologies and innovations at the farm level with policymakers, and build regional cooperation, and strengthen networks among practitioners (farmers), experts from governmental agencies and academics institutes, and private enterprises.

Objectives:

• To show cases of good practices and proven techniques of climate-smart water technologies and innovations in the rice farming systems in the Lancang-Mekong Countries.
• To present the state of knowledge of climate-smart water technologies, innovations, and initiatives in the Lancang-Mekong Region.
• To dialogue with policymakers on how to promote and scale up climate-smart water technologies and innovations at the farm level and build regional cooperation.
• To enhance networks among practitioners (farmers), experts from government agencies and academic institutes, and private enterprises.

Mode of meeting:

Hybrid mode of meeting including online and onsite participation

• Onsite meeting: Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand
• Online meeting: Zoom platform.

Participants:

60-80 people from six Lancang-Mekong Countries

• Policy makers and government officers
• Famers
• Academic institutes
• Private enterprises
• Media