Safeguarding rice production and the natural environment is crucial for ensuring food security, climate resilience, and sustainable development. In the IRRI report on “The Nature-Climate-Food Nexus”, it is explained that “…rice cultivation does not occur in isolation: it both depends upon and reshapes surrounding ecosystems.” The report examines how rice systems need to adjust and align with shifting water and climate conditions to remain resilient. The Stockholm Resilience Center identified nine critical Earth system processes that maintain the planet’s stability and resilience, and when these “planetary boundaries” are crossed, may bring irreversible damage and increased risks to the world’s biospheres.

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