We cannot solve poverty without addressing financial inclusion; and we cannot bring about financial inclusion at any sort of scale without technology that is relevant and useful to the people you are giving it to. Learn how AgUnity works to achieve this through the use of smartphones.

Woochong Um, Director General of ADB's Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, delivered a keynote speech during the publications launched held during the Rural Development and Food Security Forum.

The large demographics facts – 3.4 billion today in rural population – will still be over 3 billion in 2050. People will still live in rural areas in 2050. The possibility of absorption of more rural migrants into urban areas faces severe constraints, and there is both urban crisis and rural crisis in such circumstances.

Malnutrition is multifaceted problem and solution requires several dimensions. Learn how atmospheric carbon dioxide affects the food we eat. Dr. Irakli Loladze, mathematical biologist from the Bryan College of Health Sciences delivers the Keynote Address at one of the sessions of the Rural Development and Food Security (RDFS) Forum 2019, which discusses the impacts of dysfunctional agricultural markets on profits, farm productivity, food quality, high prices for consumers, and malnutrition.

Dr. Mekhala Krishnamurthy, Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Anthropology from Ashoka University, India delivers the Keynote Address at one of the sessions of the Rural Development and Food Security (RDFS) Forum 2019. Dr. Krishnamurthy shares her insights on current challenges of farming and proposed transformative changes in policies and approaches to make farming profitable, highly productive, and attractive to youth in the region.

SAGE Banker by SatSure is a product suite for banks and financial institutions to increase financial inclusion of small-hold farmers, increase operational efficiency across the lending processes, better portfolio risk management, and reduction of non- performing assets or loans.

This report provides analysis and policy recommendations on the investments needed in Indonesia’s agriculture sector to boost food security and enhance economic development.

This report analyzes the impacts of agricultural challenges in Asia and the Pacific. It also identifies investments required in different subsectors to achieve food security in the region by 2030.