Opening Remarks Read more about Opening Remarks ADB has moved quickly, joining other international financing institutions (IFIs) in formulating a collaborative action plan to address food insecurity.
Food Security Challenges and Building Resilient Food Systems in China Read more about Food Security Challenges and Building Resilient Food Systems in China This presentation gives an overview of the increasing risks and coincidences of risks to food systems.
Reposition Chinese Agricultural Support Policy for Transforming Agrifood System: Triple Wins Read more about Reposition Chinese Agricultural Support Policy for Transforming Agrifood System: Triple Wins This presentation gives an overview of the People's Republic of China's evolving agricultural support policies.
Noor Ahmed Keywords food security zero hunger sustainable food global food policy food security crisis ADB cross-fertilizing ideas Read more about Noor Ahmed Elected as Executive Director for Kazakhstan, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines, and Timor-Leste effective 1 July 2021. Mr. Noor Ahmed is a career civil servant with 32 years of public service experience in key government positions. Mr. Ahmed holds a master’s degree in Public Policy and Development from a prestigious school in the Netherlands. He was extensively trained in the areas of public policy, fiscal management, and public enterprises at renowned academic institutions in the United Kingdom and Japan.
Weihua Liu Keywords food security zero hunger sustainable food global food policy food security crisis ADB cross-fertilizing ideas Read more about Weihua Liu Mr. Weihua Liu was elected as Executive Director of Asian Development Bank effective January 2021. Mr. Liu previously served as the Deputy Director General of the Department of International Economics and Financial Cooperation at the PRC Ministry of Finance and the Executive Director for China at the International Fund for Agricultural Development. Mr. Liu started his career in 1987 at the School of Finance and Accounting in Hunan Province. And then moving on with different positions with the Ministry of Finance.
Tahlim Sudaryanto Keywords food security zero hunger sustainable food global food policy food security crisis ADB cross-fertilizing ideas Read more about Tahlim Sudaryanto Prof. Tahlim Sudaryanto, Ph.D. is Senior Agricultural Economist at the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN). Prior to his current position, he served as Senior Agricultural Economist at the Indonesian Center for Agriculture Socio Economic and Policy Studies (ICASEPS), Ministry of Agriculture. He has also held several senior management positions at the Ministry of Agriculture. He holds a doctorate degree in economics from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. His major interest is in agricultural and rural development policy.
Ashok Gulati Keywords food security zero hunger sustainable food global food policy food security crisis ADB cross-fertilizing ideas Read more about Ashok Gulati Ashok Gulati is a Distinguished Professor at Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER). He was Chairman of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP, GoI; 2011-14); Director at the International Food Policy Research Institute (2001-11); NABARD Chair Professor at IEG (1998-2000); and Chief Economist at NCAER (1991-97). He was the youngest member of PM's Economic Advisory Council of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee; He has been on the Board of Directors of RBI, NABARD, NCDEX, IDFC, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Godrej Agrovet, etc.
Fighting for Food Security: Lessons from Cross-Country Approaches Read more about Fighting for Food Security: Lessons from Cross-Country Approaches
SERD Policy Talk (SPOT): Strengthening the Agri-food System Read more about SERD Policy Talk (SPOT): Strengthening the Agri-food System In the 10th SPOT webinar, Omer Zafar, Takashi Yamano, and Noorullah from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Dil Rahut from the ADB Institute, and Jennifer Rosenzweig from Indonesia’s World Food Programme shared their views on factors that threaten the agriculture food system in Southeast Asia. They discussed cyclical factors and structural challenges shaping the global food system, including the effects of high food prices on nutrition and access to affordable diets, and the impact of climate change and other shocks on productivity and food production.
Presentation 6: Innotrace Read more about Presentation 6: Innotrace This presents an overview of Innotrace's farm trace for GI-tagged Alfonso mango and QR Code for banana.