{"id":4445,"date":"2023-05-23T11:31:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T11:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/?p=4445"},"modified":"2023-05-23T11:31:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T11:31:04","slug":"setting-the-standard-for-better-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/setting-the-standard-for-better-rice\/","title":{"rendered":"SETTING THE STANDARD FOR BETTER\u00a0RICE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The world\u2019s thirstiest crop is also responsible for feeding half our planet. The Sustainable Rice Platform thinks it can make a better life for farmers and consumers alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UBON RATCHATHANI, Thailand\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The full moon casts a milky glow over the watery green fields in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand\u2019s largest rice-producing province. The light brings up a childhood memory for rice farmer Banjong Panin. On full moon nights, her parents would bring Banjong and her siblings to spend the night near their paddy fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat was like a night of camping for us kids,\u201d she says with a smile. \u201cI couldn\u2019t wait to see it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was only much later that she discovered those nights were not camping adventures \u2013 her family was guarding their paddy against someone who could slip into the field, guided by the moonlight, and steal their rice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Banjong Panin rides a motorcycle with one of her granddaughters near her village in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Now in her mid-fifties and a grandmother herself, Banjong continues to eke out a living by laboring in the fields. Out of her 2.4 hectares, her family makes just $1,500 yearly\u2014a paltry sum compared to Thailand\u2019s average household income of $10,346. She and her two sons work odd jobs to make ends meet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Banjong\u2019s hardships closely resemble that of 144 million small rice farmers worldwide. They are responsible for producing 729 million tons of rice that feed nearly half the world\u2019s population, and their job isn\u2019t getting less important. According to the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), rice production must increase by 25% by 2050, reaching 1 billion tons, to match growing demand. It can feel like a Sisyphean task, not least because climate change has led to a severe lack of water, the first and most essential resource for rice cultivation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Villagers shop for local foodstuff during the early morning of a Sunday market in Ubon Ratchathani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Rice is one of the world\u2019s thirstiest crops, requiring up to 2,500 liters of water per kilogram \u2013 twice the amount needed for wheat and five times that for maize. One-third of the world\u2019s developed freshwater resource goes to irrigated rice. And rice farmers like Banjong are on the front line. \u201cThere has been less and less rain, and we were forced to farm with barely enough water,\u201d she explains. \u201cThe yield decreased, and rice barely survived the driest years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then a neighbor introduced her\u2014and other farmers in her village\u2014to the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP). The cutting-edge playbook for creating more sustainable, drought-resistant and higher-quality rice crops also promised to take much less labor. But this wasn\u2019t a new technology per se, just a system of best practices and accountability. Could it really do all that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanu Thanhakij, leader of his local rice farmers group, leads his cattle across his farmland in a village near Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The world\u2019s first rice standard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SRP secretariat is located in Bangkok, Thailand\u2019s bustling capital. Co-found in 2011 by the IRRI and the United Nations Environment Programme, and with over 100 research and private sector partners, the SRP is the world\u2019s first rice standard. For a food that is so widely consumed, it\u2019s a bit odd that it took so long to standardize its production in a sustainable way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wyn Ellis, Executive Director of SRP, points out there have been longstanding efforts to make perceived high-value crops like coffee or cotton more sustainable. \u201cRice, on the other hand, is considered substantially less sophisticated, and so it\u2019s overlooked despite a larger carbon footprint,\u201d he says. The danger of that oversight can go in two directions, he says. Rice can harm the planet while itself \u201cbecoming a victim\u201d of global warming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One hectare of rice crop, if farmed with constant flooding and chemical fertilizers, can emit up to 300 kg of the potent greenhouse gas methane. SRP aims to reform the global rice sector to help improve the planet, the product, and the people who farm it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But to do this, the rice value chain had to be redesigned from beginning to end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Villagers give alms in the form of rice offerings to monks in the morning in the village near Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One hectare of rice crop, if farmed with constant flooding and chemical fertilizers, can emit up to 300 kg of the potent greenhouse gas methane. SRP aims to reform the global rice sector to help improve the planet, the product, and the people who farm it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But to do this, the rice value chain had to be redesigned from beginning to end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The details that matter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SRP standard covers eight areas split into 41 separate indications to assist farmers in sustainably growing and harvesting rice. Farmers are advised on everything from farm management and pre-planting to water use, nutrient management, and integrated pest management. Best practices, such as including drying time in post-harvest (which has been shown to ensure the highest quality grain), are encouraged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanu Thanhakij, leader of his local rice farmers group, harvests grass for his goats and picks mangoes across his farmland in a village near Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. Multiple crops planted together add to the biodiversity of the land, a key component of the SRP model.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Thanu Thanhakij, who oversees nearly 150 rice farmers in his role at the Ban Don Mu Community Rice Center in Ubon Ratchathani, adopted the SRP standard in 2018 to astonishing results. \u201cOnly direct seeding, rather than sowing over the field as in the past, saved us 80% of what we paid for seed,\u201d he explains. \u201cWe saved 60% off the overall cost. Rather than flooding the field for an entire month, alternate watering and drying saved us 50% of the water and yielded more rich grain. Land studies enable us to have custom-made fertilizers and determine how much we need. There\u2019s no reason to waste money on fertilizer we don\u2019t understand. We now have cash left in our pockets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanu Thanhakij sits on bags of SRP quality rice as he works on his phone in a village near Ubon Ratchathani.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The standard also addresses health and safety criteria for farmers, including personal protective equipment, pesticide and chemical storage, and disposal. While it may seem initially daunting, farmers choose which of the 41 indicators they can realistically meet, and SRP assigns a compliance score based on their selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Farmers, for example, will score two points if they do not use pesticides. If the farmer used pesticides but followed the SRP guidelines while doing so, they would receive one point. The use of pesticides without training results in a zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on self and group evaluations, farmers evaluate themselves. Farmers earning 33 out of 100 points are \u201cworking toward sustainable rice cultivation;\u201d those who receive 90 points have \u201csustainably cultivated rice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rice farmer Cahnchai Chinasri, who farms near Ubon Ratchathani, collaborates with the SRP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Crunching the numbers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SRP has 506 SRP-verified trainers working with over 150,000 farmers in 39 countries. In 2022 alone, SRP verified just under 130,000 tons of paddy rice from more than 30,000 hectares in India, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Spain. This year, Ellis and his colleagues intend to double all those numbers. But their work doesn\u2019t end with a fancy product label. \u201cWe\u2019re not here to flash another certificate,\u201d Ellis explains. \u201cWe\u2019re here to make sustainable change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only rice that meets the highest level of \u201cthe SRP Assurance Scheme\u201d can leave the nation of origin as SRP-verified rice. Developed in 2020, the SRP Assurance Scheme comprises three degrees of assurance based on different evaluation demands and levels of robustness. Rice farmers and farmer organizations can select between self-assessment at Level 1 and second-party verification at Level 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The staff at the Sustainable Rice Platform in Bangkok, including Wyn Ellis, the executive director of the Sustainable Rice Platform, at left<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Those who passed Level 3 audits conducted by independent third-party auditors are allowed to use the SRP label on their products. SRP-Verified rice is now accessible on retail shelves in 20 countries, including Denmark, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. SRP\u2019s marketing team in Europe works closely with food retailers and organizations, including Lidl, Costco, and Walmart, to put SRP rice on shelves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Successes and Challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shahid Tarer, Managing Director and CEO of Galaxy Rice, one of Pakistan\u2019s biggest basmati rice exporters, has shipped 15,000 tons of his SRP-verified rice to the European market in the last four years. He first learned about SRP in 2015 and was immediately enamored. Dealing with farmers, though, was a longer process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat was difficult in the beginning,\u201d he recalls. \u201cWe informed farmers about this novel approach and gathered them to work together. It was tough. I remember the third year when we weren\u2019t sure if we could pull it off.\u201d Despite early reservations about changing their habits, more than 600 farmers he works with use SRP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Loc Troi Group, Vietnam\u2019s rice trading leader, first piloted the SRP standard with 150 farmers on 450 hectares in 2016. They\u2019ve since expanded to 3500 farmers throughout the Mekong Delta on 11,000 hectares. Loc Troi Group has supported hundreds of farmers to reach the perfect score of 100 points on the SRP scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brornjong Panin and her sister, Paisiri Praneewong, harvest ant eggs at their family\u2019s rice farm in Ubon Ratchathani,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHowever, consumers knew little about sustainable rice,\u201d explains Tran Nguyen Ha Trang, Deputy Director of the Loc Troi Agricultural Research Institute Loc Troi Group. \u201cSRP market investigation and promotion are essential so that consumers are willing to pay for healthy rice that is good for the environment and community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking forward<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next year, SRP and a host of partners will launch rice farmer finance operations in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Their mix of policy and market-oriented solutions has been successful wherever they have expanded. In 2019, the Sustainable Rice Landscapes Initiative used the SRP as its \u201creplicable and scalable\u201d tool to help them measure and manage 4.2 million hectares in South and Southeast Asia to reduce 116.2 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An engineering team uses a laser to measure the ground level in preparation for the next planting season. The laser method is part of the Sustainable Rice Platform<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But its impact on individuals is most strongly felt. Back in Ubon Ratchathani, Banjong notices the first farmer in her village starting to harvest in preparation for the upcoming wet season. The rest of his neighbors will soon follow. Banjong is proud of her sustainably cultivated rice. Just as importantly, the money she has saved from SRP farming goes toward her three young grandchildren\u2019s schooling. She\u2019s building a bright future for them and a safer, more sustainable world around them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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