Series:
Food Security Forum
Asia and the Pacific Food Security Forum 2024
9 to 12 April 2024
The Asia and the Pacific Food Security Forum 2024 was held on 9-12 April 2024 in Manila, Philippines to discuss actions to ease a worsening food crisis in the region, and to improve long-term food security by strengthening food systems against the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss among stakeholders in Asia and the Pacific.
The forum served as a milestone event to take stock of the interim performance of ADB’s commitment to provide at least $14 billion of own resources to support food security over 2022-2025, and to outline ADB’s forward program on food security in partnerships with a diversity of stakeholders in Asia and the Pacific.
The Asia and the Pacific Food Security Forum 2024 presented an opportunity for partners in both the public and private sectors to showcase their thought leadership and initiatives in building more sustainable and resilient food systems in the region for the future of climate, food, and nature. The forum also provided opportunities for engaging with policymakers, government officials, development practitioners, food system and climate change experts, and ADB staff to build strong partnerships in policies, project implementation, and research, to accelerate food systems transformation in Asia and the Pacific.
Program and Learning Materials
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| Opening Session |
Sessions Recording: Opening
[Recording] [Keynote] Addressing challenges to global food security, climate change, and biodiversity loss required coordinated efforts among…
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Opening presentation
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Puri Jyotsna | |
| Session 1: Future of Food and Agriculture in Asia and the Pacific |
Sessions Recording: Future of Food and Agriculture in Asia and the Pacific
[Recording] [Keynote] The session discussed a regional foresight study on future scenarios of food systems in Asia and the Pacific by 2050 to bring…
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| Emmanuel Jimenez | ||
| Alvaro Lario | ||
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The Future of Food and Agriculture in Asia and the Pacific
This presentation gives an overview of the future of food and agriculture in Asia and the Pacific.
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Mark Rosegrant | |
| Reehana Rifat Raza, Cao Đức Phát, Shenggen Fan, Tetsushi Sonobe | ||
| Session 2: Maximize Gains from Climate-Food-Nature Nexus | ||
| Panel Discussion | Jyotsna Puri, Paul Winters, Eli Fenichel, Raquibul Amin, Yoko Watanabe, Thomas Panella | |
| Session 3: Public and Private Partnerships in Food Systems Transformation | ||
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Keynote presentation
This presentation gives an overview of the public-private partnerships in agri-food systems transformations.
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Ashok Gulati | |
| Panel Discussion | Shri Goverdhan Singh Rawat, V. Bruce J. Tolentino, Wei Xu, Anja Grote Westrick, Prasun Kumar Das |
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| Session 4: Strengthening Partnerships for Food Systems Transformation in Asia and the Pacific | ||
| Message | Fatima Yasmin | |
| Keynote Presentation | James Catto | |
| Keynote Presentation | Qingfeng Zhang | |
| Panel Discussion | Yvonne Pinto, Purvi Mehta, Reehana Raza, John Aylieff, Animesh Shrivastava, Elhadji Adama Toure | |
| Session 5: Summary and Highlights | ||
| Panel Discussion | Qingfeng Zhang, Jyotsna Puri, André Zandstra, Channing Arndt, Paul Winters, Keijiro Otsuka, Ma. Estrella Penunia | |
| Closing Session | ||
| Building Programmatic Interventions: Theme Breakouts | ||
| Building Programmatic Interventions Theme Breakouts - Theme 1: Integrated River Basin Management and Coastal Resilience | Keynote Presentation | Panelists |
| Panel Discussion | Lance Gore, Yasmin Siddiqi, Au Shion Yee, Jyotsna Puri, Bhaskar Saikia, Alisi Tuqa | |
| Building Programmatic Interventions Theme Breakouts - Theme 2: Greener Agrifood Value Chain Development – Synergize Public and Private Sector Interventions | Keynote Presentation | Sunae Kim |
| Panel Discussion | Takeshi Ueda, Neelam Patel, Stephanie Montgomery, Khulan Dashdavaa, Prasun Kumar Das, Arrey A. Perez, Kevin Chen | |
| Building Programmatic Interventions Theme Breakouts - Theme 3: Natural Capital Investment | Opening Remarks | Qingfeng Zhang |
| Keynote Presentation | Steven Victor | |
| Keynote Presentation | Thomas Panella | |
| Panel Discussion | Xueliang Cai, Scott Roberts, Brett Sutton, Narayan Iyer, Duncan Lang, He Li, Hamish Reid, Steven Victor, Thomas Panella | |
| Wrap Up | Jiangfeng Zhang | |
| Building Programmatic Interventions Theme Breakouts - Theme 4: Nutrition: Bridging Food Security and Human Development | Keynote Presentation | Naoko Yamamoto |
| Panel Discussion | Takashi Yamano, Yang Saing Koma, Abigail Perry, Manoj Kumar, Irina Zodrow, Bob Babajanian, Kazuko Ogasahara |
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| Deep Dive Session 1.1: Digitalization and Agriculture | ||
| Welcome Remarks | Tetsushi Sonobe, Dil B Rahut | |
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Rural and Agricultural Development in the Digital Age
This presentation gives an overview of ICTs' impacts on rural and agricultural development.
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Wanglin Ma, Dil Rahut | |
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Data and Analysis Approaches to Inform Policy Dialogue in Data Scarce Countries
This presentation gives an overview of innovative approaches to fill gaps indata scarce environments.
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Emily Schmidt | |
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Digital Dissemination of Accurate Weather Forecasts to Farmers
This presentation gives an overview of how accurate weather forecasts can help address challenges of climate change, food security, and agriculture.
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Paul Winters | |
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Food Inflation and Food Insecurity in the CAREC Region: Evidence from ADBI Household Survey
This presentation gives an overview of the results of the household survey on food inflation and food security in the CAREC region.
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Dina Azhgaliyeva | |
| Deep Dive Session 1.2: M4D: AI-Powered Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture, Rural Development, and Climate Resilience | ||
| Opening Remarks | Jyotsna Puri | |
| Yasmin Siddiqi | ||
| Gladys Herminia Morales Guevara | ||
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Enabling Carbon Farming at Scale for Farmers and Pastoralist Across the Global South
This presentation gives an overview of how Boomitra is restoring global soils and accelerating carbon removal on a planetary scale through their AI…
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Anirudh Keny | |
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Farmer Lifeline Technologies
This presentation gives an overview of how Farmer Lifeline Technologies addressed yields through their solar-powered crop pests and pathogens as…
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Esther Kimani | |
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Moonshots4dev: AI for Climate Resilience in Rural Areas
This presentation gives an overview of how Viamo increases access for farmers to key agriculture information directly through their mobile handsets.
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Kaiyan Yousaf | |
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Agpreneur
This presentation gives an overview of how Agpreneur pioneers an agritech platform dedicated to empowering smallholder farmers in aquaculture and…
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Michael Iyanro | |
| Deep Dive Session 1.3: Regional/Country Digital Sessions & Case Studies | ||
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New Zealand: Projecting Livestock Health in the Face of Climate Change and the AI-powered Database ‘CliZod’
This presentation gives an overview of case studies on how AI can help in projecting livestock health against climate change in New Zealand.
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Masako Wada | |
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People's Republic of China: Practices of Ele.me in Food Supply Chain Management
This presentation gives an overview of.me Instant E-Commerce and how it focuses on reducing food waste and protecting biodiversity through its Green…
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Shuixian Xiao | |
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Lao PDR: Utilizing Digital Technology to Broaden the Scope of Forest Conservation Efforts
This presentation gives an overview of the OLDMS as a flexible system for timely monitoring and response to logging and degradation events for a…
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Phetsoulaphonh Choulatida | |
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Tajikistan: From Pasture to Pixels: Empowering Livestock Farmers through Digital Innovation
This presentation gives an overview of the vital role of animal husbandry in Tajikistan and how to better pasture management and livestock tracking.
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Matthias Leitner | |
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Nepal: Innovative Groundwater Irrigation Management
This presentation gives an overview of the innovative groundwater irrigation management in Nepal through the use of the Mechanized Irrigation…
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Churna W ali | |
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India: Crop Response to Changing Climatic Conditions
This presentation gives an overview of how satellite measurements can assist to detect resilient cropping systems in India.
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Wim Bastiaanssen | |
| Deep Dive Session 1.4: Regional/Country Digital Sessions & Case Studies | ||
| Papua New Guinea | Regina Nukundj | |
| Paolo Manunta | ||
| Annelies Deuss | ||
| India | Prakash Jayaram | |
| Bertram D’souza | ||
| Deep Dive Session 2.1: Accelerating Climate Smart Seed Development through “Seeds Without Borders” Regional Collaboration | ||
| Ghulam Muhammad Ali | ||
| Imtiaz Hussain | ||
| Iqrar Ahmad Khan | ||
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Seed Without Border Overview
This presentation provides an overview of the Seeds Without Border program--how it started and the ways forward.
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Jongsoo Shin | |
| Krishna Dev Joshi | ||
| Deep Dive Session 2.2: Building Systemic Resilience Against Climate Variability and Extremes | ||
| Jon Hellin | ||
| Alice Laborte | ||
| Liangzhi You | ||
| Yating Ru | ||
| Dongmei Guo | ||
| Deep Dive Session 2.3: Food Security with Low-Carbon Rice in Asia: Government Pilot Projects | ||
| Presentation | Jongsoo Shin | |
| Panel Discussion | Tran Van The, Muhammad Abdus Salam, Malik Muhammad Akram, Ando Radanielson, Hiz Jamali, Asad Ali Zafar | |
| Deep Dive Session 2.4: Private Sector Initiatives on Biomass Management and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Agriculture | ||
| Presentation | Michael Ardieta | |
| Presentation | Xianshun Sun | |
| Shahid Tarer | ||
| Shohei Takeuchi | ||
| Akihikko Kosugi | ||
| Deep Dive Session 3.1: Rural Vitalization: Lessons from East Asia | ||
| Kevin Chen | ||
| Keijiro Otsuka | ||
| Il Jeong Jeong | ||
| Chen Ji | ||
| Deep Dive Session 3.2: Food and Nutrition Security: Unveiling Innovations and Building Partnerships for Sustainable ASEAN Agri-Food Systems | ||
| Keynote | Jongsoo Shin | |
| Kevin Chen | ||
| Kazuki Saito | ||
| Tuyen Huynh | ||
| Panel Discussion | Pedcris Orencio, Margaret Yoovatana, Bui My Binh | |
| Deep Dive Session 3.3: Lessons and Insights about How Improved Food Security and Horticultural Standards Can Lift Incomes Across Asian Value Chains | ||
| Stephanie Montgomery | ||
| Suzie Newman | ||
| Angus Davidson | ||
| Deep Dive Session 3.4: Mainstreaming Climate Resilience into Investment Projects to Support Food Security | ||
| Opening Remarks | Yasmin Siddiqi | |
| Presentations | Kathleen Coballes, Matthias Leitner, Hiz Jamali, Leo Kris Palao | |
| Deep Dive Session 3.4: Mainstreaming Climate Resilience into Investment Projects to Support Food Security | Closing Remarks | Xiaohong Yang |
| Deep Dive Session 4.1: Pacific Region – Food Security Challenges and Solutions for the Pacific Countries | ||
| Opening Remarks | Leah Gutierrez | |
| Keynote Presentation | Steven Victor | |
| Panel Discussion | Misbil Garalom, Alisi Tuqa, Xiangjun Yao, Fiona Lynn, Suzie Newman, Liangzhi You | |
| Deep Dive Session 4.2: Is IFIs’ financing at the scale and scope needed to support countries most in need transition to high performing food systems? | ||
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Tracking Financial Flows to Food Systems
This presentation describes the financial flows to food systems as well as the scale and scope needed to help countries transition to high-performing…
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Stefanos Fotiou | |
| Tracking Financial Flows to Food Systems | Nadine Gbossa, Christopher Brett, Shenggen Fan, Qingfeng Zhang, Jo Puri | |
| Deep Dive Session 4.3: Establishing Global Hi-Tech Climate-Smart Agricultural Research Network | ||
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Global High-Tech Agricultural University Network (GHAN): Current Status and Future Prospects
This presentation looks into the trends and opportunities relevant to the Global High-Tech Agricultural University Network.
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Suk-Ha Lee | |
| Deep Dive Session 4.4: Supporting Food System Transformation through Strategic Philanthropy and Partnerships | ||
| Amy Chua | ||
| Benedict Cheong | ||
| Muneer Hinay | ||
| Gisela Tiongson |
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| Deep Dive Session 5.1: Asia’s Rice Market, Food Security Challenges and Policy Responses (Part 1) | ||
| David Dawe | ||
| V. Bruce J. Tolentino | ||
| Deep Dive Session 5.2: Asia’s Rice Market, Food Security Challenges and Policy Responses (Part 2) | ||
| Deep Dive Session 5.3: Promoting Evidence-based Policymaking Towards Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems | ||
| Deep Dive Session 5.4: Tools for Food Security Monitoring and Analysis in Asia and the Pacific | ||
| Deep Dive Session 6.1: Sustainable Agriculture – Delivering Biodiversity Benefits Whilst Supporting Livelihoods: Case Studies on Ibis Rice and More | ||
| Deep Dive Session 6.2: Transforming South Asia’s Food Systems by Action on the Water-Energy-Food-Environment Nexus | ||
| eep Dive Session 6.3: Nature-positive Approaches for Food Security: Results of Empirical Research in Viet Nam | ||
| Deep Dive Session 6.4: Co-development of Renewable Energy and Carbon Farming for Nature-Food-Climate Solutions | ||
| Deep Dive Session 7.1: The Economics of Nutrition Security and “Nutrition-Smart” Food Security Investments: Rationale, Approaches and Tools for Development Banks and Governments | ||
| Deep Dive Session 7.2: Food Systems – Nutrition – Climate – Collaborating and Unlock Finance through this Critical Convergence | ||
| Deep Dive Session 7.3: Examining Health and Well-being of Producers and Consumers in the Agri-food System | ||
| Deep Dive Session 7.4: Toward Healthy Diet from Sustainable Food Systems | ||
| Deep Dive Session 8.1: Sustainable Mechanization-based Solutions for Climate Smart Agriculture – Showcasing the experience of the Philippines, Pakistan, and Nepal | ||
| Deep Dive Session 8.2. EcoMetrics: Unveiling the Economic Power of Nature | ||
| Deep Dive Session 8.3: Measuring Food System Resilience for Food Security in Asia |
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Event Coordinator/s
- Food Security Forum 2024
ADB Organizer/s
- Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office
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