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20 April 2021
Wholesale markets play a key role in the distribution of agricultural products while considering aggregation of commodities, price formation ad stabilization, quality assurance, diversified demand of consumers, food safety and promotion of farmers' income increase. However, wholesale markets have…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office
16 March 2021
Risks to food insecurity and deterioration of nutritional status of vulnerable populations have increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused, among others, restrictions on people’s movement, interruptions in food production and processing, disruptions to supply chains, and increasing…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office
9 December 2020
ADB’s Strategy 2030 calls for urgent attention to meet the challenges of poverty, food insecurity, and rural prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region.
The Rural Development and Food Security Forum aims to seek knowledge on enabling policies, technologies, and investments that will help DMCs/ADB…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office
16 June 2020
The Opening Plenary set the scene for Virtual ACEF 2020 through an opening video and introductory remarks from ADB and senior co-organizer representatives of the US Agency for International Development and the Korea Energy Agency, as well as funding partner representative from the United Kingdom…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office
15 to 19 June 2020
The Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) is one of Asia’s leading clean energy events and is held each June. ACEF connects diverse stakeholders from across Asia and the globe, facilitates knowledge sharing, and highlights ADB’s groundbreaking work to scale up clean energy investment in the region.…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office
25 to 27 November 2019
Climate change imposes a dynamic challenge on the food system in Asia and has already started adversely impacting farming and food value chains in ADB’s DMCs. Climate change adaptation and mitigation investments, hence, are relevant to the food and nutrition security agenda of Asia and the Pacific…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office
11 November 2019
One of the issues highlighted in the 2016 Food Security Forum was the need to improve market linkages and supply chain through the development of wholesale markets. ADB has approved Technical Assistance (TA) 9218: Investment Assessment and Application of High-Level Technology for Food Security in…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office
28 to 30 October 2019
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…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office
28 June 2019
François Lesage, CEO of Plastic Flamingo, shared the social enterprise’s creative way to help address marine plastic pollution and post-disaster recovery—a transitional shelter made from 100% recycled plastic waste. He discussed the value of the circular economy not only for healthy oceans, but…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Energy Sector Office, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
21 June 2019
An Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) 2019 Deep Dive Workshop
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has estimated that in order to limit average global temperature rise to 2°C below the pre-industrial era in the most economical way, 14% emission reduction will have to come from carbon capture and…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office