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The key components of the framework are illustrated below in Figure 1, highlighting the dependencies of the rice system upon stocks of natural, produced, social and human capitals and the value additions and impacts that the rice production system generates. [...] In addition to these activities, the public sector component of the project which is described in this report, is seeking to engage private sector agencies within the membership of the Sustainable Rice Platform, who are operating in the commercial rice sector in Thailand to seek their perspectives on the adoption of project results to make the business case for investing and incentivizing sustaina. [...] It will be important not only to engage the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP), and the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, which Chairs the Project Steering Committee, but also to reach out to key stakeholders from other relevant Ministries, including the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Public Heal. [...] The Standard referred to as “GAP++ for Rice” was developed on the basis of Standard of the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) and is currently supported under the progress of the Thai Rice NAMA project10. [...] The following approach has been taken by the research team for the purposes of this assessment to simplify the scope of management practices to be included in the definition of sustainable rice production.