Using technology and women's rights to survive climate change in Southeast Asia | Newsweek
Everything from women's rights to satellites is being used by Mekong locals to address intense dry seasons, wetter monsoons and rising sea levels—all signs of devastating climate change.
CGIAR Climate's insight:
The El Nino-induced drought episodes experienced recently by some Southeast Asian countries underscore the importance of combined use of modern and age-old technologies that would help particularly smallholder farmers adapt to climate change impacts. This article in Newsweek features adaptation technologies that were developed by research centers under the CGIAR fold, and which are being promoted in the region, particularly Cambodia and Vietnam. It discusses satellite monitoring to improve water use, use of wastewater in growing plants, community fish refuge ponds, climate-smart rice varieties, and rice crop manager which is a mobile application that provides advisories on fertilizer and crop management. The author also emphasized the inclusion of women in all farm activities in recognition of their crucial role in helping the industry better cope and prosper amid the many climate challenges.