The Asian Development Bank, in partnership with International Rice Research Institute, piloted two diferent climate-smart rice cultivation methods using diferent rice cultivars in order to demonstrate the benefits of climate-smart production practices.
Results show that the climate-smart practices increased the income of the farmer compared to traditional or conventional production or cultivation methods. Mechanisation increased the cost–benefit ratio compared to traditional methods of cultivation. The new rice cultivars also exhibited lower greenhouse gas emissions.
This publication Climate-Smart Practices for Intensive Rice-Based Systems in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Nepal presents the outcomes of initiatives promoting climate-smart agricultural practices and technologies in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Nepal.
It emphasises learnings from a technical assistance project that aimed to (i) identify constraints on and support for scaling up water-saving mechanised technologies; (ii) demonstrate agricultural practices that can improve crop productivity, resilience, and adaptive capacity; and (iii) develop databases to capture survey, on-station, and participatory trial data.
The publication is intended to aid succeeding efforts on bringing science-based and participatory solutions that can address the needs of rice-farming communities in the three countries.