Practitioners and policy-makers exchange on climate change adaptation in agriculture was held at the Asian Institute of Technology’s (AIT) conference facilities in Pathumthani, Thailand from 30 August to 1 September 2010.

The objective of this practitioners exchange was to transfer knowledge of practical examples on climate change adaptation in agriculture between participants from seven South and South East Asian countries. The three days practitioners exchange gathered participants, mostly  field practitioners and policy makers from agricultural departments, and resource persons from countries including Philippines, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand and Bangladesh. The participants and resource persons shared experiences and lessons from case studies and current research and development projects which focused on resilience of agriculture systems to climate change. 

During the exchange, the participants were involved in the workshop, through presentation of case studies and national/project experience sharing. They also discussed and explored on the need to have a country specific information and identify the regional knowledge priorities on climate change adaptation in the agriculture sector. In this way, by bringing together a core group of researchers, practitioners and policy makers from seven developing countries in South and South East Asia, this practitioners exchange enabled the transfer of practical examples, technologies and case studies of agricultural climate change adaptation measures between countries.

Please click here for the agenda and the respective titles in the program table given below to view the presentations from the resource persons and the participants: 

Photo Courtesy: Doungjun Roongruang (from One Moon Photography), Lien Hiekens ( from Development Photography), Gernot Laganda & Shirley Kai.