Elga Salvadore Keywords water accounting GIS adb agriculture water system Read more about Elga Salvadore Dr. Elga Salvadore obtained a Master in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Universita degli Studi di Genova (Italy) in 2008 with a thesis focusing on hydraulic simulations of river and flood protection systems. She obtained a PhD scholarship from the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) and VITO (Flemish Institute for Technological Research) and completed her PhD in Engineering at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels (Belgium) in 2015 with a research on spatially-distributed hydrological modelling of urbanized catchment.
Food Security Forum Read more about Food Security Forum 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 generate rural prosperity and effective stewardship to land and water (fresh and marine) resources.
Training on Market Infrastructure and Agriculture Value Chains: Potential of Wholesale Markets Read more about Training on Market Infrastructure and Agriculture Value Chains: Potential of Wholesale Markets 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 Asia and the Pacific to develop customized wholesale market models in selected developing member countries (DMCs) and train the government officials on the development and operations of these markets.
Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Planning Read more about Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Planning 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, and ADB has set a steep target of $ 1 billion to increase climate finance (adaptation) in Agriculture and Natural Resources Sector by 2020.
Climate-Smart Agriculture Training for Practitioners Read more about Climate-Smart Agriculture Training for Practitioners Climate change imposes a dynamic challenge on the food system in Asia and has already started impacting farming and food value chains in ADB’s developing member countries (DMCs). Climate adaptation and mitigation investments, hence, are relevant to the food and nutrition security agenda of Asia and the Pacific. While the impacts of climate change on food production and distribution have been well discussed and understood in general, practical knowledge of specific measures and activities and how to finance those are still lacking.
Preliminary Results from Research for Community Access Partnership Status Review of Rural Access Index Read more about Preliminary Results from Research for Community Access Partnership Status Review of Rural Access Index Stephen Vincent, independent consultant, discussed how rural access can be measured and monitored to support progress in achieving Sustainable Development Goal Target 9.1.
New Approach for Farmers' Poverty Reduction Weather Index Insurance Using Satellite-Based Information Read more about New Approach for Farmers' Poverty Reduction Weather Index Insurance Using Satellite-Based Information Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance's Ken Gohara and Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan's Tsugito Nagano presented how the Weather Index Insurance can pay out a contractually predetermined insurance amount when weather indices such as temperature, wind speed, and rainfall exceed specified thresholds.
Knowledge-Intensive Agriculture Workshop Read more about Knowledge-Intensive Agriculture Workshop From labor-intensive to knowledge-intensive agriculture. With new knowledge and technology, can a modernized agriculture sector end world hunger and achieve food security?