Rural Development and Food Security Forum 2019: Transformative Changes for Rural Prosperity and Nutritious Food

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Rural Development and Food Security Forum 2019: Transformative Changes for Rural Prosperity and Nutritious Food

28 October 2019 to 30 October 2019
Manila
Philippines

The Asia Pacific region has made significant progress in terms of reducing food insecurity. Despite the remarkable gains, the region is still faced with challenges such as the increasing demand, climate change, shrinking agriculture workforce, and unsustainable use of natural resources, among others. Promoting rural development is critical in helping solve food security issues and propelling economic development.

 

The Asian Development Bank, through the Rural Development and Food Security (Agriculture) Thematic Group, organized the Rural Development Food Security Forum that served as a platform to exchange good practices, lessons learned, and innovative ideas on rural development and food security. The Forum built on the knowledge and learning gained from the 2016 Food Security Forum, 2017 Knowledge-Intensive Agriculture Workshop, 2018 Asia Water Forum, and the 2018 Digital Development Forum. The Forum also helped chart the strategic direction of rural development and food security as ADB’s fifth operational priority (OP5) in Strategy 2030 through the new Operational Plan for Rural Development and Food Security, 2019-2024.

The Forum included plenary and breakout sessions and an innovation marketplace. 

Program and Learning Materials: 
Date Session / Activity Presentation Material Speaker(s)
28 Oct 2019 Opening Session Transformative Changes for Rural Prosperity and Nutritious Food - Welcome Remarks
[Session Summary] [Opening Video] Welcome remarks by Takehiko...
Takehiko Nakao
28 Oct 2019 Session 1: Farming Crisis (Keynote) Keynote Speech on the Farming Crisis [Slides] [Document] [Session Summary] Dr. Mekhala Krishnamurthy, Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Anthropology from Ashoka... Mekhala Krishnamurthy
28 Oct 2019 Session 2: Dysfunctional Agriculture Markets and Malnutrition Rising Levels of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Intensify Malnutrition [Slides] [Document] [Session Summary] Malnutrition is multifaceted problem and solution requires several dimensions.Dr. Irakli Loladze... Irakli Loladze
28 Oct 2019 Session 2: Dysfunctional Agriculture Markets and Malnutrition International Atomic Energy Agency Technical Coordination Program
Majority of ADB's developing member countries are none nuclear power countries. TheInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) rolls our various technical...
Jane Gerardo-Abaya
Date Session / Activity Presentation Material Speaker(s)
29 Oct 2019 Session 3: Rural Distress Tackling Rural Distress in the 21st Century: A New Trans-Disciplinary Multi-stakeholder Paradigm of Development [Slides] [Document] [Session Summary] The large demographics facts – 3.4 billion today in rural population – will still be over 3 billion... Mihir Shah
29 Oct 2019 Session 4: ADB Knowledge Sharing and Experience on Climate Change, Gender Equity, High-Level Technology, and Natural Resources Management Mongolia’s Agriculture and Rural Development and ADB’s Assistance
[Session Summary] Learn how ADB is mobilizing its resources to beef up agriculture and rural development in Mongolia...
Qingfeng Zhang
29 Oct 2019 Session 4: ADB Knowledge Sharing and Experience on Climate Change, Gender Equity, High-Level Technology, and Natural Resources Management Efforts to Apply High-Level Technologies in Central and West Asian Countries
This presentation showcases some of ADB’s innovative projects in Central and West Asia in the field of agriculture. It also highlights the lessons learned...
Natsuko Totsuka
29 Oct 2019 Session 4: ADB Knowledge Sharing and Experience on Climate Change, Gender Equity, High-Level Technology, and Natural Resources Management ADB Knowledge Sharing and Experience on Climate Change, Gender Equity, High-Level Technology, and Natural Resource Management (Southeast Asia)
This presentation showcases some of ADB’s innovative projects in Southeast Asia in the agriculture sector. It also highlights the lessons learned so that...
Srinivasan Ancha
29 Oct 2019 Session 5: Knowledge Sharing among Developing Member Countries Farmer Producer Organizations: Experience in Maharashtra
[Session Summary] Check out how establishing farmer-producer organizations has helped farmers inMaharashtra, India...
Anoop Kumar
29 Oct 2019 Session 5: Knowledge Sharing among Developing Member Countries Food Processing and Supply Chain Management
Check out how Thailand is mixing social and environmental dynamics with new technologies to improve the country's food supply chain.
Charoenchai (Charlie) Khompatraporn
29 Oct 2019 Session 5: Knowledge Sharing among Developing Member Countries Horticulture and Agri-food Business Development in Turkey
Turkey is the world’s fourth largest producer of fresh vegetables and 7th largest producer of fruits. Learn how the agriculture sector is growing rapidly...
Mustafa Erkan
29 Oct 2019 Session 5: Knowledge Sharing among Developing Member Countries Private Sector Initiatives in Agriculture
This presentation discusses how Sri Lanka-based Silvermill empowers farmer communities.
Cedric Wijegunawardene
Date Session / Activity Presentation Material Speaker(s)
30 Oct 2019 Session 6: Financing Agripreneurs and Rural SMEs Financing Last Mile Communities [Slides] [Document] [Session Summary] We cannot solve poverty without addressing financial inclusion; and we cannot bring about financial... David Davies
30 Oct 2019 Session 7: Voices from the Field–Farmers’ Roundtable Discussion Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development
[Session Summary] [Voices from the Field] Since 2002, theAsian Farmers’ Association...
Jose Romeo Ebron
30 Oct 2019 Session 8: Voices from the Field - Youth Perspectives Creating Opportunities for Rural Youth
[Session Summary] [Voices from the Field] Ms. Sara Savastano, Director of the...
Sara Savastano
30 Oct 2019 Session 8: Voices from the Field - Youth Perspectives Preliminary Agricultural Survey
ADB’s Youth for Asia team ran a preliminary survey with farmers in Tarlac and Bulacan in the Philippines to assess the interest of youth’s interest in...
William Lucht
30 Oct 2019 Closing Session Closing Remarks
[Session Summary] [Closing Video] Woochong Um, Director...
Woochong Um
Date Session / Activity Presentation Material Speaker(s)
02 Nov 2019 Publications Launch Rural Development and Food Security Forum 2019 Highlights and Takeaways
02 Nov 2019 Publications Launch Dysfunctional Horticulture Value Chains and the Need for Modern Marketing Infrastructure
[Publication Launch Summary] These briefs present findings on agricultural wholesale markets in Viet Nam, Pakistan...
02 Nov 2019 Publications Launch Climate-Smart Practices for Intensive Rice-Based Systems in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Nepal
This publication presents the outcomes of initiatives promoting climate-smart agricultural practices and technologies in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Nepal...
02 Nov 2019 Publications Launch Information and Communication Technology for Agriculture in the People’s Republic of China
This report presents the findings of an assessment on the use of information and communication technology (ICT) to improve food production and distribution...
02 Nov 2019 Publications Launch Ending Hunger in Asia and the Pacific by 2030: An Assessment of Investment Requirements in Agriculture
This report analyzes the impacts of agricultural challenges in Asia and the Pacific. It also identifies investments required in different subsectors to...
02 Nov 2019 Publications Launch Policies to Support Investment Requirements of Indonesia's Food and Agriculture Development during 2020-2045
This report provides analysis and policy recommendations on the investments needed in Indonesia’s agriculture sector to boost food security and enhance...
02 Nov 2019 Publications Launch Ending Hunger in Asia and the Pacific by 2030: An Assessment of Investment Requirements in Agriculture [Slides] [Document] This presentation gives an overview of the joint publications of ADB and the International Food Policy Research Institute that assess the investment requirements... Mark W. Rosegrant
02 Nov 2019 Publications Launch Keynote Address: Launch of Publications on Food Security Investment Requirements, Climate-Smart Practices, and Horticulture Value Chain Development [Slides] [Document] This presentation provides an overview of the joint publications launched. These are the outputs from the joint research with ADB's long-standing partners... Woochong Um
Date Session / Activity Presentation Material Speaker(s)
31 Oct 2019 Exhibitors Netatech Pte Ltd
Netatech Pte Ltd developed CrowdFarmX, the world's first cooperative farming platform on the blockchain...
David Tan, Daniel Wong
31 Oct 2019 Exhibitors AgUnity
AgUnity is an Australian-based startup founded in 2016 with the ambition to help change the lives of over 1 billion...
David Davies
31 Oct 2019 Exhibitors Cropin
CropIn's SmartRiskTMis...
Arjun Dutta, Aakash Parekh, Jitesh Shah
31 Oct 2019 Exhibitors Eaglesensing
EagleSensing provides aerial analytical solutions for tropical agriculture. They develop solutions...
31 Oct 2019 Exhibitors SatSure
SAGE Banker by SatSureis a product suite for banks and financial institutions to increase financial inclusion of small...
Abhishek Raju
31 Oct 2019 Exhibitors Geora
Geora’s open source technology bridges the gap between fundamental technical components and agri-supply chain participants...
Bridie Ohlsson
31 Oct 2019 Exhibitors Grain Pro
GrainPro provides post-harvest handling and storage solutions for agricultural commodities. Their drying and...
Tom de Bruin
31 Oct 2019 Exhibitors International Rice Research Institute
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) South Asia Regional Center (ISARC), ...
Arvind Kumar
31 Oct 2019 Exhibitors King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi
The STEAM Platform of Transformation, piloted at the King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT...
Lerwen Liu, Panitsara Nakseemok
Date Session / Activity Presentation Material Speaker(s)
01 Nov 2019 Session 1 Rural Development and Food Security Forum 2019 - Resources (Session 1)
The session describes the current challenges of farming and proposes transformative changes in policies and approaches to make farming profitable, highly...
01 Nov 2019 Session 2 Rural Development and Food Security Forum 2019 - Resources (Session 2)
The session discusses the impacts of dysfunctional agricultural markets on profits, farm productivity, food quality, high prices for consumers, and malnutrition...
01 Nov 2019 Session 3 Rural Development and Food Security Forum 2019 - Resources (Session 3)
The session highlights the imbalance in rural-urban development and its significant negative impacts on national economic growth; rural employment; country...
01 Nov 2019 Session 4 Rural Development and Food Security Forum 2019 - Resources (Session 4)
The session showcases some of ADB’s innovative projects and highlights the lessons learned so that other countries may consider adopting similar approaches...
01 Nov 2019 Session 5 Rural Development and Food Security Forum 2019 - Resources (Session 5)
Some countries in the region have adopted creative and out-of-the-box initiatives on public policy for both public and private investments. Discussions...
01 Nov 2019 Session 6 Rural Development and Food Security Forum 2019 - Resources (Session 6)
Banks, venture capital firms, ICT and FinTech companies who have used successful models to serve rural areas will share their business models and success...
01 Nov 2019 Session 7 No additional resource materials for this session.
01 Nov 2019 Session 8 Rural Development and Food Security Forum 2019 - Resources (Session 8)
In this session, the youth representatives explain the challenges they face in taking up farming fulltime, and other non-farm employment opportunities...

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