News

🌾 Climate-Smart Rice Production: Delivering Water Security, Healthy Soils and Emissions Reduction for Sustainable Supply Chains at London Climate Action Week 26th June 3PM -UK Time.

Rice feeds more than 3.5 billion people worldwide and is grown on over 400 million acres, yet flooded rice cultivation generates around 8–12% of global methane emissions making climate-smart rice production a critical opportunity for food security, water stewardship, and climate action. 🌾💧
Join us during London Climate Action Week for an insightful webinar exploring practical solutions to build more resilient, low-emission rice production systems while supporting smallholder farmers and strengthening sustainable supply chains.
Key topics include:
💧 Water-saving and methane-reducing rice production practices
🌱 Building healthy soils for productive and climate-resilient rice systems
📊 Climate smart advisory services, farm-level data, traceability and farmer empowerment
🔍 Certification, carbon markets and Scope 3 emissions reporting, VCM
🎤 Featuring expert speakers:
• Dr Wyn Ellis – (Chair), Former Executive Director, Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP)
• Dr ando mariot radanielson – International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
• Prof Dr. Abdul Wakeel– University of Agriculture Faisalabad
• Fritz Böhmler – CEO, SAWiE
• Ashton Moody, CPA– Agricapture
The discussion will highlight how collaboration across farmers, researchers, technology providers, businesses and supply chain partners can deliver climate action, water stewardship, healthy soils and improved livelihoods.
Whether you work in agriculture, sustainability, food systems, climate finance, procurement, certification or ESG reporting, this webinar will provide practical insights into the future of sustainable rice production.
📢 Register today and join the conversation on transforming rice systems for people, planet and prosperity.
🔗 Register here:
https://lnkd.in/d_iRpEJE