Bali hosts global forum on low-emission agriculture

Denpasar (ANTARA) - Bali is hosting an international forum bringing together policymakers, researchers, and agricultural experts from Asia and Africa to advance low-emission rice and livestock systems amid growing food security and climate challenges.

Government officials, research institutions, international organizations, academics, and agricultural sector representatives from across Asia and Africa gathered in Sanur, Denpasar, on Wednesday to exchange knowledge on cutting-edge technologies for low-emission farming systems.

The forum is part of the FSIP-FOLUR Second Global Dialogue on Sustainable Rice Transformation, which seeks to share experiences, innovations, and strategies for addressing increasingly complex food security and climate change challenges.

Head of the Agricultural and Food Research Organization at Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Puji Lestari said the forum was designed to bridge the gap between global emissions reduction commitments and implementation at the farm level.

"What we are doing here is not building a new structure, but connecting networks that have been working all this time, so that stronger knowledge exchange can be created between Asia and Africa," she said.

Puji said developing countries face similar challenges in reducing agricultural emissions, including limited access to technology, inadequate human resource capacity, and insufficient climate financing.

She said the agriculture, forestry, and land-use sector accounts for around 22 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, yet receives only a relatively small share of climate funding compared with the scale of transformation required.

Participants discussed a range of low-emission agricultural technologies and practices already implemented in several countries, including water management in rice fields, improved fertilizer-use efficiency, digital technologies, and more accurate and farmer-friendly emissions monitoring systems.

The forum also seeks to strengthen South-South Cooperation between Asian and African countries to accelerate innovation adoption and expand access to financing for the agricultural sector.

Puji said one of the forum's key objectives was to produce concrete follow-up measures, including harmonizing emissions monitoring systems, strengthening links between technology and national policies, and developing investment packages that support low-emission agriculture.

As part of the event, participants are scheduled to visit Bali's Subak irrigation system, globally recognized as a model of sustainable agriculture rooted in local wisdom.

Beyond serving as a venue for international dialogue, the forum is expected to provide a platform for developing countries to exchange ideas and experiences in building more resilient, productive, and low-emission food systems.

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Translator: Rolandus Nampu, Martha Herlinawati Simanjuntak

Editor: Primayanti

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