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*

8 December 2021

Keynote Speech: Hunger and Environmental Goals for Asia: Synergies and Trade-Offs among the SDGs
Presenter: Prabhu Pingali, Professor, Cornell University

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Keynote Speech: Hunger and Environmental Goals for Asia: Synergies and Trade-Offs among the SDGs
Discussant: Ratna Reddy Vippala, Director, Livelihoods and Natural Resources Management Institute

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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
Presenter: Pritha Datta, PhD Scholar, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

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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
Discussant: Tshering Samdrup, PhD Scholar, The University of Western Australia

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Climate Change, Climatic Extremes, and Households’ Food Consumption in Bangladesh: A Longitudinal Data Analysis
Presenter: Saiful Mohammad Islam, PhD Fellow, Kobe University

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Climate Change, Climatic Extremes, and Households’ Food Consumption in Bangladesh: A Longitudinal Data Analysis
Discussant: Sofina Maharjan, PhD Candidate, University of Western Australia

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Smallholder Adaptation to Flood Risks: Adoption and Impact of Swarna-Sub1 in Eastern India
Presenter: Prabhakaran Raghu, PhD Student, TERI School of Advanced Studies

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Smallholder Adaptation to Flood Risks: Adoption and Impact of Swarna-Sub1 in Eastern India
Discussant: Fatih Kırşanlı, Graduate Teaching Instructor, Colorado State University

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An Assessment of Rice Households’ Livelihoods in Nghe An Province of Viet Nam
Presenter: Tien Diem Ho Nguyen, Lecturer, Tien Giang University

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An Assessment of Rice Households’ Livelihoods in Nghe An Province of Viet Nam
Discussant: Madhusmita Dash, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar

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9 December 2021

Keynote Speech: IRRI, One CGIAR, and Asia
Presenter: Jean Balié, Director General, International Rice Research Institute

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Managing Drought Risks with Drought-Stress Tolerant Rice Varieties and Its Impacts on Yield and Production Risk
Presenter: Jeetendra Aryal, Consultant (Economist), ADBI

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Managing Drought Risks with Drought-Stress Tolerant Rice Varieties and Its Impacts on Yield and Production Risk
Discussant: Bhagirath Behera, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

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A Comprehensive Review on Grain Legumes As Climate-Smart Crops: Challenges and Prospects
Presenter: Asik Dutta, Scientist, ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research

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A Comprehensive Review on Grain Legumes As Climate-Smart Crops: Challenges and Prospects
Discussant: Sokcheng Sim, Researcher, Cambodian Development Resource Institute (CDRI)

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Conservation Agriculture for Increasing Productivity, Profitability, and Water Productivity in Rice-Wheat System of the Eastern Gangetic Plain
Presenter: Shikha Thapa Magar, Post Doc, Hebei Agricultural University

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Conservation Agriculture for Increasing Productivity, Profitability, and Water Productivity in Rice-Wheat System of the Eastern Gangetic Plain
Discussant: Kumar Satheesh, Adjunct Professor, Manipal Academy of Higher Education

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Rice Variety and Sustainable Farming: A Case of Mekong Delta in Viet Nam
Presenter: Le Canh Bich Tho, PhD Student, Kyoto University

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Rice Variety and Sustainable Farming: A Case of Mekong Delta in Viet Nam
Discussant: Shikha Thapa Magar, Post Doc, Hebei Agricultural University

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Impacts of Shock and Risk Attitude on Farming: Evidence from Rice Farmers in Thailand
Presenter: Trung Thanh Nguyen, Associate Professor, Leibniz University Hannover (LUH)

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Impacts of Shock and Risk Attitude on Farming: Evidence from Rice Farmers in Thailand
Discussant: Vathana Roth, Director, Development Economics and Trade, Cambodia Development Resource Institute

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Spatio-Temporal Assessment of Agro-Climatic Indices and the Monsoon Pattern in the Banas River Basin, India
Presenter: Devesh Sharma, Associate Professor, Central University of Rajasthan

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Spatio-Temporal Assessment of Agro-Climatic Indices and the Monsoon Pattern in the Banas River Basin, India
Discussant: Ihtiyor Bobojonov, Research Associate, Leibniz Institute of Agriculture Development in Transition Economies (IAMO)

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Spatial Patterns of Fertilizer Use and Imbalances in Indian Agriculture
Presenter: Kaushik Bora, Senior Research Fellow, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore

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Spatial Patterns of Fertilizer Use and Imbalances in Indian Agriculture
Discussant: Prakashan Chellattan Veettil, Agricultural Economist, International Rice Research Insitute (IRRI)

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10 December 2021

Keynote Speech: Mitigation in Agriculture: Lessons from the Energy Sector and Perspectives Looking Forward
Presenter: Channing Arndt, Director, Environment and Production Technology Division International Food Policy Research Institute

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Role of Institutional Factors in Climate-Smart Technology Adoption in Agriculture: Evidence from an Eastern Indian State
Presenter: Pradyot Jena, Associate Professor, National Institute of Technology Karnataka

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Role of Institutional Factors in Climate-Smart Technology Adoption in Agriculture: Evidence from an Eastern Indian State
Discussant: Sonam Tashi, Associate Professor, Royal University of Bhutan

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Productivity Growth in Indian Agriculture and Its Determinants
Presenter: Souryabrata Mohapatra, PhD Candidate, The University of Auckland

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Productivity Growth in Indian Agriculture and Its Determinants
Discussant: Bhavya Sinha, PhD Student, Colorado State University

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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
Presenter: Vijay Singh Meena, Project Coordinator, Borlaug Institute for South Asia (CIMMYT-BISA)

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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
Discussant: Ashar Awan, Research Scholar, Erciyes University

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Techno-Economic Assessment of Agricultural Land Remediation Measures through Nutrient Management Practices to Achieve Sustainable Agricultural Production
Presenter: Madhav Gholkar, Senior Researcher, Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)

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Techno-Economic Assessment of Agricultural Land Remediation Measures through Nutrient Management Practices to Achieve Sustainable Agricultural Production
Discussant: Vijay Singh Meena, Project Coordinator, Borlaug Institute for South Asia (CIMMYT-BISA)

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An Empirical Assessment of the Interactive Impacts of Irrigation and Climate on Farm Productivity in Uzbekistan
Presenter: Sherzod Babakholov, PhD Student, Tashkent State Agrarian University

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An Empirical Assessment of the Interactive Impacts of Irrigation and Climate on Farm Productivity in Uzbekistan
Discussant: Ashish Sedai, Graduate Research Associate, Colorado State University

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*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.

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