Promoting climate-smart water technologies and innovations for sustainable water resources and rice production under climate change in the Lancang-Mekong Region

This SEI fact sheet describes a project running from 2023 to 2025 aimed at promoting climate-smart water technologies and innovations to ensure sustainable water resources and rice production in the Mekong-Lancang Region.

• The Mekong-Lancang Basin is facing water scarcity and reduced crop production due to climate change, with a high risk of worsening droughts that threaten livelihoods and food security. For example, a drought in 2019-2020 caused approximately US $320 million in damages across 1,330 km2 of farmlands in Thailand.
• Rice is a critical crop for the economies and subsistence of the Mekong-Lancang Basin, with more than 100,000 km2 of agricultural land dedicated to its production, though farmers struggle with water scarcity and climate change.
• The project's primary goal is to build climate-resilient water resources and rice farming systems by enhancing technical exchange, cooperation, and capacity for adopting climate-smart technologies. This involves collaboration between China, Thailand, and Lao PDR, as well as showcasing good practices across all six Mekong-Lancang countries.
• The project implementation is divided into two years: Year 1 focuses on reviewing good practices, holding consultations in China and Thailand, and installing water management systems; Year 2 focuses on training farmers and government agencies, monitoring data, and conducting research on water use efficiency and rice production.
• Expected project deliverables include a State of Knowledge Report on climate-smart water technologies in rice farming systems, joint research papers, policy briefs, and the establishment of demonstration sites in China and Thailand.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2023). Promoting climate-smart water technologies and innovations for sustainable water resources and rice production under climate change in the Lancang-Mekong Region. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/7-web-lmc-factsheet.pdf

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Promoting climate-smart water technologies and innovations for sustainable water resources and rice production under climate change in the Lancang-Mekong Region. 2023. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/7-web-lmc-factsheet.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2023promoting, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Promoting climate-smart water technologies and innovations for sustainable water resources and rice production under climate change in the Lancang-Mekong Region}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2023}, month = jun, url = {https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/7-web-lmc-factsheet.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }