Bangkok--2 Oct--BRIA Regional Secretariat
Better Rice Initiative Asia (BRIA), a project under the German Food Partnership, recently made a field visit to Ubonratchathani Province, led by Dr. Apichart Pongsrihadulchai, advisor to the Rice Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Mr. Matthias Bickel, GIZ Project Director, and Mr. Suriyan Vichitlekarn, BRIA Regional Project Director.
The objectives were to identify farmers’ groups for the project, set up a BRIA field office in the province, appraise the rice sector status and farm economics, and assess priority needs and potential of rice by-products development.