Indonesia: New Opportunities for Climate Compatible Agriculture Read more about Indonesia: New Opportunities for Climate Compatible Agriculture This case study presentation shows how Indonesia can successfully reduce green house gas emissions through a two-year forest moratorium to eliminate agricultural expansion and preserve the forests.
Rezaul Khan Keywords climate and disaster risk climate change agriculture Read more about Rezaul Khan
David Raitzer Keywords agriculture natural resources the environment and climate change Read more about David Raitzer My main career goal is to help international development investment make more of a difference. To do so, my work is intended to help improve the logic and evidence that underpins program strategy, selection and design, especially in the sectors that matter most to the poor - agriculture, natural resources, the environment and climate change. My 14 years of experience have focused on quantification of achieved and potential impacts of development investments using novel approaches that draw on tools from different disciplines.
Asian Water Development Outlook 2016 Read more about Asian Water Development Outlook 2016 Asia and the Pacific shows a positive trend in strengthening water security with the number of water insecure countries dropping to 29 from 38 in 2013, according to this edition of the Asian Water Development Outlook.
Lagging Performance of Agriculture Sector Read more about Lagging Performance of Agriculture Sector The lagging performance of India’s agriculture sector affects majority of rural dwellers. Limited access to affordable funding for farmers constrains potential investments in agriculture. This presentation shares suggestions on how to address the challenges of financial inclusion for farmers to improve agricultural productivity in India.
Asian Water Development Outlook 2016: Strengthening Water Security in Asia and the Pacific Read more about Asian Water Development Outlook 2016: Strengthening Water Security in Asia and the Pacific The Asia and Pacific region is making progress in strengthening water security, according to a key finding from the Asian Water Development Outlook 2016, a publication of the Asian Development Bank. The report reveals how countries score and compare in the five dimensions of water security.
Sununtar Setboonsarng Keywords agriculture agriculture and natural resources Read more about Sununtar Setboonsarng Sununtar works on empowering the poor, particularly women farmers, to become key actors in improving food safety and nutrition, water quality, mitigating and reversing climate change, and achieving the SDGs. With extensive country experience in sustainable and climate-friendly agriculture and bioenergy development, she joined ADB in 2000 as a poverty reduction specialist, and was seconded to the ADBI Institute in Tokyo from 2003 to 2008.
Giap Minh Bui Keywords agriculture natural resources finance economic planning food security and safety Read more about Giap Minh Bui Giap Minh Bui is a Principal Natural Resources and Agriculture Economist in the Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office; Sectors Group; Asian Development Bank (ADB). He has pioneered in the formulation of lasting-impact and least-cost economic policies for the last 26 years.
Shanxi Farmers Embrace Modern Irrigation Methods to Adapt to Climate Change Read more about Shanxi Farmers Embrace Modern Irrigation Methods to Adapt to Climate Change “Managing groundwater is important not just because of overuse. Due to climate change, groundwater has become the solid buffer,” said Frank van Steenbergen, water resources specialist with MetaMeta Research. “Water saving is important. This project started with the idea that we would save water, and that is important because we overuse it.”