Dysfunctional Agriculture Markets and Malnutrition Read more about Dysfunctional Agriculture Markets and Malnutrition 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 and to make key investments in market infrastructure and nutrition programs.
Energy End-use Trilemma - Energy Efficiency, Thermal Comfort and Productivity - Post-COVID-19 Read more about Energy End-use Trilemma - Energy Efficiency, Thermal Comfort and Productivity - Post-COVID-19 As we emerge from the months of personal physical isolation to the gradual process of regaining productivity at work, we are likely to face numerous challenges in securing a workspace with reduced risks of infection. This presentation seeked to highlight the technical challenges and contradictions, with energy implications, in making our buildings and factories safe and comfortable.
Eunbi Song Keywords growth productivity macroeconomics Read more about Eunbi Song Department of Economics Korea University 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu Seoul, Korea 02841
Greener Pastures from the Sun: Solar Photovoltaic-Driven Irrigation in Qinghai Province Read more about Greener Pastures from the Sun: Solar Photovoltaic-Driven Irrigation in Qinghai Province Valuable pasture lands in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are being degraded through overgrazing, conversion, and reduced levels of precipitation as a result of climate change. Qinghai Province is tackling this problem through the innovative use of solar photovoltaic (PV) power for irrigation; a solution that has enormous capacity for upscaling within PRC and throughout Asia.
Delivering Results: Improved Irrigation Financing in Asia Read more about Delivering Results: Improved Irrigation Financing in Asia The struggle for more efficient irrigation financing remains a challenge both in the public and private sectors. Stakeholders need to work together to find sustainable solutions for long-term gains toward improved financing that will deliver the desired results.
Challenges in Scaling Up Integrated Approaches: ADB Perspectives Read more about Challenges in Scaling Up Integrated Approaches: ADB Perspectives Asia faces the daunting prospect of continuously having to cope with population growth, urbanization, and water insecurity, among other serious issues. Innovation and new technology across multiple sectors are vital to scaling up different approaches in meeting various challenges from the region.
Giving Kids a Head Start: The Impact of Early Commitment of Financial Aid on Poor Students in Rural China Read more about Giving Kids a Head Start: The Impact of Early Commitment of Financial Aid on Poor Students in Rural China Poor junior high students in the People’s Republic of China drop out of junior high or fail to matriculate into high school due to financial constraints. Introducing the early commitment for financial aid strategy may reduce dropout and increase high school matriculation among poor junior high students.
Increasing Land and Water Productivity at Community-Level Using Remote Sensing Read more about Increasing Land and Water Productivity at Community-Level Using Remote Sensing This presentation introduces the Surface Energy Balance Algorithm for Land (SEBAL) as a remote-sensing model for evapotranspiration. Through SEBAL, crop production and irrigation information can be sent to farmers through the use of technology. To be able to fully utilize this model, however, would require the establishment of public-private partnerships.