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23 November 2022
Digital innovations are already contributing to solve several challenges facing agriculture and rural economy. The future potential for such technologies to promote sustainable economic growth in agriculture has also been noted by numerous development agencies and researchers.
Asian Development…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office
8 November 2022
Digitalization of both trade and financial flows can streamline access to finance enabling efficient and timely use of capital by swiftly directing it to pockets of need. Asia’s recovery from the pandemic and the current shocks present opportunities for MSMEs to digitalize without compromising…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
16 September 2022
Sri Lanka is facing multiple crises. Among them, the one hitting its population where it hurts the most, is food insecurity. As per UN World Food Program’s (WFP) report in July 2022, two in five Sri Lankan households are not consuming adequate diets.
The webinar invited expert speakers from the…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office
10 August 2022
Progress towards achieving food security in many countries, particularly countries in Asia depending on food imports and remittances, had already slowed down and reversed in many cases due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is notable that the impact of the pandemic was more pronounced in many…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
23 June 2022
2:30 – 4:30 pm Manila, Philippines time (GMT+8)
via Zoom
Rapid population growth, aging population, climate change, and urban migration continue to affect the transport systems and significantly alter mobility across Asia and the Pacific. Understanding the key trends shaping transport needs and…
Organizer: Transport Sector Office
28 April to 26 October 2022
Environmentally sustainable and “green” infrastructure, including those applying nature-based solutions (NbS), are designed to deliver and/or protect a range of ecosystem services--such as water purification, air quality, space for recreation, and climate mitigation and adaptation--while…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Transport Sector Office, Energy Sector Office, Water and Urban Development Sector Office
20 April 2022
The Circular Economy is an emerging theme internationally. A Circular Economy is a systemic approach to decouple economic development and activity from consuming finite resources. A Circular Economy will allow ADB to tackle global environmental challenges, including climate change, resource…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Water and Urban Development Sector Office
5 to 7 April 2022
(online via Zoom)
Background
The past two years since the previous Asia and the Pacific Transport Forum have seen an unprecedented change in how the globe understands transport and human mobility. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic which began in 2020 caused a seismic shift in transport systems…
Organizer: Transport Sector Office
30 March 2022
Agriculture in Nepal is characterized by small farm size, low productivity, and a low level of commercialization. Smallholder farmers are not able to shift from subsistence agriculture to higher-value production. Instead, the outmigration trend is increasing, particularly in the hilly areas of…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office
22 to 24 March 2022
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and its partners organized the Asia-Pacific Rural Development and Food Security Forum to bring together innovators, experts, and thought leaders to:
Present their ideas on rethinking the future of agriculture amidst complex and evolving challenges;
Explore new…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office