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Climate change & environment
Climate-change adaptation and environmental conservation
Climate change & environment– category –
Climate-change adaptation and environmental conservation
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Kansai Electric runs a JCM study on 100,000 hectares of Vietnamese coconut; what buyers look at is the register
Vinh Long province, Vietnam, received a carbon-credit research proposal from Japanese companies covering about 100,000 hectares of coconut. The meeting was on September 17, 2026, and those presenting were Jizoku Inc. and Kansai Electric Power. The mechanism is the Japan–Vietnam Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM), and the pillars of the research are the appropriate use of fertilizer and turning by-products into bio... -
Pineapple in the understory of acacia: Quang Ngai earns from poor land in layers
A Quang Ngai farmer grows pineapple under an acacia forest, cutting irrigation costs. We examine the implications for Japan's hilly and intermediate areas and for climate adaptation. -
In Moc Chau, Son La province, a 35-year-old man runs a Korea- and FAO-backed smart greenhouse—harvesting 18 tonnes of bell peppers for a gross profit of 20 million yen
On the Moc Chau plateau in Son La province, 35-year-old Vu Van Hieu realized greenhouse bell-pepper cultivation using a "next-generation smart farming" project backed by the FAO and the South Korean government. He harvested 18 tonnes from 1,836 square meters, securing a gross profit of about 20 million yen in three months. -
The Mekong low-emission rice program hits 197% of target—seed down 45%, fertilizer down 30%, yield up 12%
The Vietnamese government's "One Million Hectares of High-Quality, Low-Emission Rice in the Mekong Delta plan" is spreading at a pace well above the initial target. According to the latest announcement by the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAE) (as of April 2026), against an initial two-year target of 180,000 hectares, the actual participating area was 354,839 hectares (...
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