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Time of Event
Day 1: 09:30-13:10 Tokyo time
Day 2: 12:45-17:50 Tokyo time
Day 3: 09:30-13:20 Tokyo time
Summary
Climate change and other environmental challenges are increasingly threatening agricultural sustainability in Asia, which supports the livelihoods of over 40% of the region’s population and is crucial to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in areas such as food security and nutrition, poverty reduction, water security, and climate action.
This virtual conference featured new research on environmental challenges and agricultural sustainability in Asia, their interlinkages, and implications for the region’s socioeconomic development. Among the focuses included the outlook for innovative farming practices and related policy priorities
Objectives
- Examine climate change risks to agricultural sustainability in Asia, particularly among developing countries
- Highlight farming practices and agricultural technologies that can help to reduce carbon emissions and environmental degradation while improving the resilience of farming households
- Explore complementary policies for promoting agricultural system development that advances climate change adaptation, greenhouse gas mitigation, and food security
Target Participants
Policy makers and agricultural practitioners from Asian Development Bank member economies, and other experts from think tanks, universities, and international organizations
Outputs
- Enhanced understanding of climate-smart agriculture
- Identification of policies that could help improve sustainable agricultural productivity
- Research presented during the conference will be considered for publication in an Environmental Challenge journal special issue
Conference Presentations*
Keynote Speech: Hunger and Environmental Goals for Asia: Synergies and Trade-Offs among the SDGs |
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Keynote Speech: Hunger and Environmental Goals for Asia: Synergies and Trade-Offs among the SDGs |
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Assessment of Adaptive Capacity and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Farming Households of Eastern Himalayan Foothills of West Bengal, India |
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Assessment of Adaptive Capacity and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Farming Households of Eastern Himalayan Foothills of West Bengal, India |
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Climate Change, Climatic Extremes, and Households’ Food Consumption in Bangladesh: A Longitudinal Data Analysis |
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Climate Change, Climatic Extremes, and Households’ Food Consumption in Bangladesh: A Longitudinal Data Analysis |
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Smallholder Adaptation to Flood Risks: Adoption and Impact of Swarna-Sub1 in Eastern India |
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Smallholder Adaptation to Flood Risks: Adoption and Impact of Swarna-Sub1 in Eastern India |
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An Assessment of Rice Households’ Livelihoods in Nghe An Province of Viet Nam |
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An Assessment of Rice Households’ Livelihoods in Nghe An Province of Viet Nam |
Keynote Speech: IRRI, One CGIAR, and Asia |
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Managing Drought Risks with Drought-Stress Tolerant Rice Varieties and Its Impacts on Yield and Production Risk |
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Managing Drought Risks with Drought-Stress Tolerant Rice Varieties and Its Impacts on Yield and Production Risk |
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A Comprehensive Review on Grain Legumes As Climate-Smart Crops: Challenges and Prospects |
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A Comprehensive Review on Grain Legumes As Climate-Smart Crops: Challenges and Prospects |
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Conservation Agriculture for Increasing Productivity, Profitability, and Water Productivity in Rice-Wheat System of the Eastern Gangetic Plain |
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Conservation Agriculture for Increasing Productivity, Profitability, and Water Productivity in Rice-Wheat System of the Eastern Gangetic Plain |
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Rice Variety and Sustainable Farming: A Case of Mekong Delta in Viet Nam |
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Rice Variety and Sustainable Farming: A Case of Mekong Delta in Viet Nam |
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Impacts of Shock and Risk Attitude on Farming: Evidence from Rice Farmers in Thailand |
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Impacts of Shock and Risk Attitude on Farming: Evidence from Rice Farmers in Thailand |
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Spatio-Temporal Assessment of Agro-Climatic Indices and the Monsoon Pattern in the Banas River Basin, India |
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Spatio-Temporal Assessment of Agro-Climatic Indices and the Monsoon Pattern in the Banas River Basin, India |
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Spatial Patterns of Fertilizer Use and Imbalances in Indian Agriculture |
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Spatial Patterns of Fertilizer Use and Imbalances in Indian Agriculture |
Keynote Speech: Mitigation in Agriculture: Lessons from the Energy Sector and Perspectives Looking Forward |
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Role of Institutional Factors in Climate-Smart Technology Adoption in Agriculture: Evidence from an Eastern Indian State |
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Role of Institutional Factors in Climate-Smart Technology Adoption in Agriculture: Evidence from an Eastern Indian State |
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Productivity Growth in Indian Agriculture and Its Determinants |
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Productivity Growth in Indian Agriculture and Its Determinants |
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Strategies to Admittance Soil Quality Using Mid-Infrared (Mid-IR) Spectroscopy An Alternate Tool for Conventional Lab Analysis: A Global Perspective |
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Strategies to Admittance Soil Quality Using Mid-Infrared (Mid-IR) Spectroscopy An Alternate Tool for Conventional Lab Analysis: A Global Perspective |
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Techno-Economic Assessment of Agricultural Land Remediation Measures through Nutrient Management Practices to Achieve Sustainable Agricultural Production |
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Techno-Economic Assessment of Agricultural Land Remediation Measures through Nutrient Management Practices to Achieve Sustainable Agricultural Production |
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An Empirical Assessment of the Interactive Impacts of Irrigation and Climate on Farm Productivity in Uzbekistan |
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An Empirical Assessment of the Interactive Impacts of Irrigation and Climate on Farm Productivity in Uzbekistan |
*Disclaimer: The views expressed in these presentations are the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), its Board of Directors, or the governments they represent. ADBI does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in these presentations and accepts no responsibility for any consequences of their use. Terminology used may not necessarily be consistent with ADB official terms.