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Water Safety Plans for Building Resilience in the Pacific

12 March 2021
Clara Laydon set the scene with a comprehensive overview of the principles and objectives of a WSP and walked through the process of developing a WSP. Clara also brought to light the many short- and long-term benefits of developing a WSP, which are not just limited to ensuring safe water quality,…

Drinking Water Safety Plans Water Authority Fiji

12 March 2021
Mosese Nariva and Daiana Legalega shared Water Authority Fiji's six-year journey to embed 55 drinking WSPs in Fiji, and their current task of ensuring the documents are kept relevant, up-to-date, and effective. They emphasized the importance of examining the unique risk for each element of the…

Drinking Water Safety Plans Samoa Independent Water Schemes Association

12 March 2021
Clarissa Laulala discussed key takeaways from the development and implementation of drinking WSPs for over 54 villages under Samoa's Independent Water Schemes Association. She particularly highlighted challenges and lessons learned, including maintaining ongoing community engagement, lack of…

Closing Session

9 March 2021
This session highlighted the opportunities for transformative changes in rural development and food security; how ADB's approach will adjust in the next 5 to 10 years; and how the technical revolution will affect farmer's access to financing.

Publication Launch

9 March 2021
The knowledge products prepared in partnership with IFPRI, IRRI, and Mercasa will help stakeholders understand the issues facing the rural development and food security sector.

Technology and Innovation Marketplace

9 March 2021
International research institutions and technology firms were invited to showcase their modern technologies and services to support rural development and food security. There were 10 booths set up in the ADB cafeteria hallway leading to the Auditorium, and nine exhibitors presented on Day 1 in the…

Voices from the Field

9 March 2021
This report captures the stories and on- the-ground experiences of farmers, entrepreneurs and young agripreneurs to help prompt leaders to provide active leadership, effective resource stewardship, and promote transformative changes in rural development and food security.

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…

Rural Distress

9 March 2021
This session highlights the imbalance in rural–urban development and its significant negative impacts on national economic growth, rural employment, food security and nutrition, and urbanization. Good examples of rural revitalization will show that well-developed rural areas can play a vital role…