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Keynote Address

16 March 2021
Alvaro Lario cited how IFAD helped farmers in transforming agriculture and help eradicate poverty through financing. He highlighted that investments are needed in small-scale agriculture as these create jobs and help reduce poverty and food insecurity. There is also the need for, stronger policy…

Panel Discussion

16 March 2021
Shenggen Fan shared that good infrastructure, government actions, and the spirit of working together contributed to increasing food system resilience. There is a need to rethink and invest on how food can be produced better with less water, land, and other resources. On the consumption side, there…

Toward Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems in Asia and the Pacific

16 March 2021
Yasuyuki Sawada emphasized that COVID-19 reversed the gain in food security, highlighting the need for developing Asia to build back the food system better to reduce hunger and malnutrition. He presented how digitalization and technology can facilitate a post-COVID-19 transition to resilient and…

World Bank: Scaling up Investments in Food Systems Transformation

16 March 2021
Dina Umali-Deininger discussed the different challenges, opportunities, and visions for the food system in the East and Asia Pacific. She also shared World Bank’s vision for the food system to achieve a healthy economy, people, and planet; highlighted World Bank’s strong focus on enhancing climate…

Financing Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems in Asia and the Pacific

16 March 2021
In his presentation, Kevin Chen shared how sustainable and resilient food systems can be an effective instrument to address ADB’s operational priorities in closing financial gaps. The three priority actions that were highlighted are (1) reorientation of public finance and policy institutions, (2)…

Integrated Water & Crop Management

16 March 2021
The Integrated Water Resource Information and Management System supports stakeholders in making data-driven decisions by providing information and allowing them to manage the system.

AASCTF Networking Flyer

15 March 2021
ພາສາລາວ (Lao) | Việt | ខ្មែរ (Khmer) | Indonesian The ASEAN Australia Smart Cities Trust Fund (AASCTF) offers collaborative pathways for city planners or managers responsible for urban public services to help realize your local government's smart city agenda. This flyer outlines entry points…

Catalyzing Innovations and Digitization for Safe, Sustainable, Resilient, and Inclusive Water Management

15 March 2021

Farming Crisis

9 March 2021
This session describes the current key challenges of farming and proposes transformative changes in policies and approaches for making farming profitable and gender-friendly, highly productive, and attractive to the youth in the region.

Dysfunctional Agriculture Markets and Malnutrition

9 March 2021
This session discusses the impacts of dysfunctional agricultural markets on farmer profits, low farm productivity, bad food quality, high prices for consumers, and the devastating impact on malnutrition. Panelists and participants gave recommendations to improve policies and regulatory frameworks…