IRRI leads development of climate mitigation CBA tool for rice production in Vietnam
Wednesday, 2019/11/13 | 08:22:43
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IRRI News Friday, October 25, 2019
To support decision-making processes and accelerate the uptake of mitigation technologies in Vietnam, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD), with support from the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) and UNIQUE Landuse GmbH, conducted a workshop for the development of a cost-benefit assessment (CBA) tool for climate change mitigation options in rice production.
Introducing the concept of CBA of mitigation options in rice production to the participants, Dr. Reiner Wassmann, Climate Change Specialist at IRRI, enumerated potential mitigation technologies for Vietnam, such as alternate wetting and drying, land laser leveling, straw and stubble management, and site-specific nutrient management. He underscored that the tool to be developed should identify the suitability, costs and co-benefits, and the mitigation impacts of a low emission development (LED) technology in agriculture.
Dr. Chu Van Chuong, Deputy Director General of the International Collaboration Department of MARD, thanked IRRI for providing Vietnam with technological models for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture, particularly in rice production. “The government needs more CBA to aid our policy makers in choosing the best models of LED technologies that are applicable in the Vietnam context.” he said.
In his presentation, Dr. Tran Dai Nghia, head of Natural Resources Economics and Environment, IPSARD-MARD, stressed that the goal of the project is to come up with a flexible CBA tool that can be updated easily in changing policies and technologies. “The tool that will be developed must be applicable in creating micro- and macro policies, and can assist in providing LED solutions that have higher socio-economic benefits.” he stressed.
Workshop participants were divided into groups to discuss their expectations as end-users of the CBA tool. Issues discussed include availability, accuracy, and frequency of updating data; quantifying cost factors (infrastructure, maintenance, etc.); and suitable platform (online and/or offline), among others. The participants also identified various steps that should be done to come up with a usable CBA tool, such as implementing a pilot study for the development of the tool, and developing a training program for the various stakeholders.
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