Australia Vietnam Partnership for Climate Smart Agriculture
Blueprint Launch
The Australia-Vietnam Blueprint for Climate-Smart Agriculture: “Advancing Climate-Smart Shrimp and Rice Industries in Vietnam”
Discover how to accelerate Vietnam’s transition to climate-smart rice and shrimp production.
This much-anticipated blueprint will serve as a guide for Vietnamese and Australian audiences on climate-smart agriculture. It explores the challenges and opportunities in Vietnam’s rice and shrimp sectors and highlights how collaboration can accelerate this transformation.
Developed through support from the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) under the Australia-Vietnam Enhanced Economic Engagement Grant (AVEG) 2023, this report is a core component of Beanstalk’s broader ‘Australia Vietnam Partnership for Climate-Smart Agriculture’, a program focused on curating bilateral collaboration opportunities to advance Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) in Vietnam.
This project will unlock the Australia-Vietnam bilateral partnership opportunities and targeted initiatives to ensure solutions focused on food security, climate adaptation, and climate mitigation are activated and that impactful uptake of CSA practices and solutions in Vietnam are meaningfully supported.
Webinar Recording
Accelerating Climate-Smart Agriculture in Vietnam’s Shrimp and Rice Sectors
This event launched the much-anticipated Australia-Vietnam Bilateral Blueprint on “Advancing Climate-Smart Shrimp and Rice Industries in Vietnam”.
The 1-hour webinar explored the top opportunities to cultivate a climate-smart ecosystem in the shrimp and rice sectors, with a focus on how collaborative efforts between Vietnam and Australia can accelerate that transformation.
The launch included an in-depth conversation on the challenges facing Vietnamese agricultural value chains and how Australian government agencies, agribusinesses, and early-stage innovators can play a role in the climate-smart transition in Vietnam.
Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) is a critical approach to help farmers adapt to climate change and enhance food security. This year-long project identified the main challenges and opportunities in CSA in both the rice and shrimp sector through an industry-led blueprint, informed by a series of industry roundtables to be held in mid-October this year.
Senior leaders in the CSA ecosystem across both Australia and Vietnam were invited to in-country missions in Australia and Vietnam to learn more about the challenges and opportunities firsthand in March, 2024.
About the Project
Why was the Project Important?
The agriculture sector is a significant driver of regional food security, rural economies, and farmer livelihoods.
Climate change is threatening food security and farmer livelihoods.
Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) solutions can help farmers adapt to climate change and increase food security.
Project Impact
This project unlocked Australia-Vietnam bilateral partnership opportunities and targeted initiatives to ensure solutions focused on food security, climate adaptation, and climate mitigation; encouraging impactful uptake of CSA practices and solutions in Vietnam. The learnings over the project culminated in a focused blueprint, serving as an industry guide for Australian and Vietnamese audiences on specific challenges, barriers and opportunities for CSA in the Vietnamese rice and shrimp supply chain.
Who was Involved?
A diverse spectrum of stakeholders from the Vietnamese rice and shrimp value chains (e.g., government, NGOs, and commercial entities) were engaged to identify collaboration opportunities with Australian organisations. This program also engaged Australian organisations who have CSA knowledge and solutions that may benefit the Vietnam rice and shrimp market and an interest in exploring collaborative opportunities in Vietnam.
Key Project Phases
Industry Roundtables
Beanstalk held a series of invite-only focus groups seeking expert perspectives on high-potential CSA opportunities in Vietnam’s agricultural industry, deep-diving into rice and shrimp sector.
Mon 23 - Fri 27 October 2023
Blueprint Report Launch
Beanstalk released a blueprint report to
serve as a guide for Vietnamese
and Australian audiences on CSA challenges and opportunities in Vietnam’s rice and shrimp sector.
February 2024
Business Delegation to Vietnam and Australia
Senior leaders in the CSA ecosystem across both Australia and Vietnam were invited to attend in-country missions in Australia and Vietnam to learn more about the challenges and opportunities firsthand, to foster partnerships enabling higher uptake of climate-smart solutions and practices in Vietnam.
18 - 22 March (VN) and 6 - 10 May (AU) 2024Project Partners
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Thuysan Vietnam
Vietnam Business Forum
Cong Thuong (Business & Trade)
Vietnam+
Doi Song Doanh Nhan (Business Life)
Mekong ASEAN Magazine
Tuoi Tre Thu Do (The Capital’s Youth)
Saigon Biz
Vietnam Business Forum
Cong Thuong (Business & Trade)
Mekong ASEAN Magazine
Nong Nghiep Vietnam (Vietnam Agriculture)