At the launch ceremony (Photo: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - To help farmers manage climate-related risks suchas flooding, drought and saline intrusion, the Ministry of Agriculture andRural Development has launched the Climate-Smart Maps and Adaption Plans(CS-MAP).
CS-MAP integrates local knowledge and science-based research to providelocation-specific risk maps and adaptation plans for rice production. Theproject currently covers five ecological regions of Vietnam and was developedby the Ministry’s Crops Production Department and CGIAR Research Program onClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in Southeast Asia (CCAFS SEA).
A conference for the launch of CS-MAPS was held in Hanoi on October 19,organised by the Department of Crop Production (DCP) of CCAFS SEA. Thesocio-economic impact of the project at both a national and international levelwere discussed, as well as ways policy can be developed in support.
An instructional video and five atlases have been produced to help guide theuse of CS-MAPS. Using colourful illustrations and animations, the video is aneasy-to-understand and enjoyable reference to materials on CS-MAP.
DCP and CCAFS SEA have also published a guidebook, to help technical officersand professional agencies at different administrative levels implement CS-MAP.
Both the guidebook and instructional video are available in English andVietnamese.
Five compilations of CS-MAP's, for the major agro-ecological regions of Vietnam,were launched at the event. The CS-MAP atlases are for Mekong River Delta,Northern Midlands and Delta, South Central Coast and North Central Coast.
These publications contain maps, both for normal and extreme years, covering 43provinces of the country. All materials are publicly accessible on the CCAFSSEA's official Youtube channel and the CGSpace and CCAFS SEA websites.
Chairing policy dialogue on the use of CS-MAP on Tuesday, Deputy Minister ofAgriculture Le Quoc Doanh said that the CS-MAP publications would be helpful tofarmers in planning production schemes and increase the efficiency of soil andwater resource use.
Doanh said that Vietnam's agriculture plays an important role in ensuring foodsecurity, social stability and livelihoods for over 60 percent of thepopulation in rural areas, contributing 14.85 percent of the country's GDP.
Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and naturaldisasters, agriculture has maintained a high growth rate, ensuring foodsecurity for nearly 100 million people in Vietnam in 2020.
Vietnam’s agricultural export turnover reached 41.53 billion USD, an increaseof 3.3 percent compared to 2019. Particularly in the first 9 months of thisyear, export of agricultural products reached 35.5 billion USD, up to 18 percentover the same period last year. Of that, the export of crop products reached 15.8billion USD.
“Vietnam is deeply aware of the issue of climate change response and adaptation,turning the disadvantages of climate change into advantages. To carry out thistask, we have been and will continue to focus on changing crop structures,changing seasons, selecting and creating plant varieties and applyingappropriate technical advances,” Doanh said.
Nguyen Nhu Cuong, Head of the Crops Production Department, said that the CS-MAPcan be integrated into national and local policies and plans, such as in theNational Plan to Adapt to Climate Change, Nationally Determined Contribution toClimate Change Mitigation in the Agricultural Sector, and the National andRegional Agricultural Restructuring Plan for the Period 2021-2025.
At a local level, CS-MAP is a tool for climate change adaptation and disasterprevention. It is proposed that it be included in the socio-economic plan forthe period 2021-2030, an action plan to respond to climate change for theperiod 2021-2030, and agricultural land use planning including rice landconversion, he said./.
CS-MAP integrates local knowledge and science-based research to providelocation-specific risk maps and adaptation plans for rice production. Theproject currently covers five ecological regions of Vietnam and was developedby the Ministry’s Crops Production Department and CGIAR Research Program onClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in Southeast Asia (CCAFS SEA).
A conference for the launch of CS-MAPS was held in Hanoi on October 19,organised by the Department of Crop Production (DCP) of CCAFS SEA. Thesocio-economic impact of the project at both a national and international levelwere discussed, as well as ways policy can be developed in support.
An instructional video and five atlases have been produced to help guide theuse of CS-MAPS. Using colourful illustrations and animations, the video is aneasy-to-understand and enjoyable reference to materials on CS-MAP.
DCP and CCAFS SEA have also published a guidebook, to help technical officersand professional agencies at different administrative levels implement CS-MAP.
Both the guidebook and instructional video are available in English andVietnamese.
Five compilations of CS-MAP's, for the major agro-ecological regions of Vietnam,were launched at the event. The CS-MAP atlases are for Mekong River Delta,Northern Midlands and Delta, South Central Coast and North Central Coast.
These publications contain maps, both for normal and extreme years, covering 43provinces of the country. All materials are publicly accessible on the CCAFSSEA's official Youtube channel and the CGSpace and CCAFS SEA websites.
Chairing policy dialogue on the use of CS-MAP on Tuesday, Deputy Minister ofAgriculture Le Quoc Doanh said that the CS-MAP publications would be helpful tofarmers in planning production schemes and increase the efficiency of soil andwater resource use.
Doanh said that Vietnam's agriculture plays an important role in ensuring foodsecurity, social stability and livelihoods for over 60 percent of thepopulation in rural areas, contributing 14.85 percent of the country's GDP.
Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and naturaldisasters, agriculture has maintained a high growth rate, ensuring foodsecurity for nearly 100 million people in Vietnam in 2020.
Vietnam’s agricultural export turnover reached 41.53 billion USD, an increaseof 3.3 percent compared to 2019. Particularly in the first 9 months of thisyear, export of agricultural products reached 35.5 billion USD, up to 18 percentover the same period last year. Of that, the export of crop products reached 15.8billion USD.
“Vietnam is deeply aware of the issue of climate change response and adaptation,turning the disadvantages of climate change into advantages. To carry out thistask, we have been and will continue to focus on changing crop structures,changing seasons, selecting and creating plant varieties and applyingappropriate technical advances,” Doanh said.
Nguyen Nhu Cuong, Head of the Crops Production Department, said that the CS-MAPcan be integrated into national and local policies and plans, such as in theNational Plan to Adapt to Climate Change, Nationally Determined Contribution toClimate Change Mitigation in the Agricultural Sector, and the National andRegional Agricultural Restructuring Plan for the Period 2021-2025.
At a local level, CS-MAP is a tool for climate change adaptation and disasterprevention. It is proposed that it be included in the socio-economic plan forthe period 2021-2030, an action plan to respond to climate change for theperiod 2021-2030, and agricultural land use planning including rice landconversion, he said./.
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