FP214
Thai Rice: Strengthening Climate-Smart Rice Farming
Thai Rice: Strengthening Climate-Smart Rice Farming
Rice is Thailand’s most important food crop, accounting for roughly half of the country’s agricultural land and employing more than 18 million smallholder farmers. Methane from flooded rice fields and CO2 emissions from the annual burning of rice straw, however, make up a significant portion of the country’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. At the same time, many smallholder farmers struggle to cope with climate change-induced fluctuations in rainfall patterns that have multiplied floods and drought, damaging farmers’ crops and threatening livelihoods.
The Thai Rice project is the first GCF project to focus solely on transforming rice production systems with a focus on circular economy solutions. Globally, rice food systems account for GHG emissions equivalent to those of the aviation sector. This project will support Thai rice farmers and service providers in the adoption of a series of climate-smart technologies and practices and deliver farmer-friendly financial products to sustainably manage rice farming. The intervention is projected to significantly decrease methane emissions and water-usage from rice farming in Thailand, while also boosting farmers’ overall climate resilience. The project will also allow for Thai rice-farmers to recycle their rice straw into new products and create new local market opportunities.
Project timeline
Pipeline
14 Jun 2021 - 864 days
Legal opinion on AE's Internal Approval
14 Jun 2021
Concept note received
21 Dec 2022
Funding proposal received
03 Aug 2023
Cleared by GCF Secretariat
02 Oct 2023
Cleared by iTAP
25 Oct 2023
Approved
25 Oct 2023 - 313 days so far
Approved by GCF Board
25 Oct 2023
FAA executed
19 Jan 2024
Under implementation
To be completed
19 Jan 2029
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Financing
- Private sector
- Public sector
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Size
- Micro
- Small
- Medium
- Large
GCF financing
Instrument | Amount |
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Grant | USD 41,811,990 |
Total GCF Financing |
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USD 41,811,990 |
Co-financing
Co-financer | Instrument | Amount |
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Co-Financing | Grant | USD 4,698,795 |
Co-Financing | Loan | USD 32,858,707 |
Co-Financing | In-kind | USD 49,956,188 |
Total Co-Financing |
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USD 87,513,691 |
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Accredited Entity
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Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Head of GCF Business Development Unit
Dag-Hammarskjold-Weg 1-5, Eschborn, Germany
Head of GCF Oversight Unit
Dag-Hammarskjold-Weg 1-5 65760 Eschborn, Germany, Eschborn, Germany
More contacts
National Designated Authority
Department of Climate Change and Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Permanent Secretary
92 Soi Phahon Yothin 7, Phahon Yothin Road, Bangkok, Thailand
Director of Strategy and International Cooperation Division, Department of Climate Change and Environment
49 Soi 30 Rama VI Road, Phaya Thai, Bangkok, Thailand
Director of Climate Measure and Mechanism Development Section, Division of Strategy and International Relation, Department of Climate Change and Environment
Environmentalist, Professional Level, Measure and Mechanism Development Section, Division of Strategy and International Cooperation, Department of Climate Change and Environment
Documents
Title | Type | Date |
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Thai Rice: Strengthening Climate-Smart Rice Farming | Approved funding proposal | 24 Nov 2023 |
Gender action plan for FP214: Thai Rice: strengthening climate-smart rice farming | Gender action plan | 25 Oct 2023 |
Gender assessment for FP214: Thai Rice: strengthening climate-smart rice farming | Gender assessment | 25 Oct 2023 |
Environmental and social safeguards (ESS) report for FP214: Thai Rice: Strengthening Climate-Smart Rice Farming | Environmental and Social Safeguards report | 22 Sep 2023 |