Regional meeting: promoting climate-smart water technologies and innovations for sustainable water resources and rice production under climate change in the Lancang-Mekong Region

Objectives: 

• To show cases of good practices and proven techniques of climate-smart water technologies and innovations in the rice farming systems in the Lancang-Mekong Countries.  
• To present the state of knowledge of climate-smart water technologies, innovations, and initiatives in the Lancang-Mekong Region.  
• To dialogue with policymakers on how to promote and scale up climate-smart water technologies and innovations at the farm level and build regional cooperation. 
• To enhance networks among practitioners (farmers), experts from government agencies and academic institutes, and private enterprises.  

Mode of meeting: 

Hybrid mode of meeting including online and onsite participation

• Onsite meeting: Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand 
• Online meeting: Zoom platform. 

Participants:  

60-80 people from six Lancang-Mekong Countries 

• Policy makers and government officers  
• Famers 
• Academic institutes 
• Private enterprises
• Media