Virtual Conference on Environmental Challenges and Agricultural Sustainability in Asia: Interlinkages and Future Implications

08 December 2021 Online

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	Slide
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	Slide
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	Slide
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	Slide
Climate Change, Climatic Extremes, and Households’ Food Consumption in Bangladesh: A Longitudinal Data Analysis Presenter: Saiful Mohammad Islam, PhD Fellow, Kobe University	Slide
Climate Change, Climatic Extremes, and Households’ Food Consumption in Bangladesh: A Longitudinal Data Analysis Discussant: Sofina Maharjan, PhD Candidate, University of Western Australia	Slide
Smallholder Adaptation to Flood Risks: Adoption and Impact of Swarna-Sub1 in Eastern India Presenter: Prabhakaran Raghu, PhD Student, TERI School of Advanced Studies	Slide
Smallholder Adaptation to Flood Risks: Adoption and Impact of Swarna-Sub1 in Eastern India Discussant: Fatih Kırşanlı, Graduate Teaching Instructor, Colorado State University	Slide
An Assessment of Rice Households’ Livelihoods in Nghe An Province of Viet Nam Presenter: Tien Diem Ho Nguyen, Lecturer, Tien Giang University	Slide
An Assessment of Rice Households’ Livelihoods in Nghe An Province of Viet Nam Discussant: Madhusmita Dash, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar	Slide

9 December 2021

Keynote Speech: IRRI, One CGIAR, and Asia Presenter: Jean Balié, Director General, International Rice Research Institute	Slide
Managing Drought Risks with Drought-Stress Tolerant Rice Varieties and Its Impacts on Yield and Production Risk Presenter: Jeetendra Aryal, Consultant (Economist), ADBI	Slide
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	Slide
A Comprehensive Review on Grain Legumes As Climate-Smart Crops: Challenges and Prospects Presenter: Asik Dutta, Scientist, ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research	Slide
A Comprehensive Review on Grain Legumes As Climate-Smart Crops: Challenges and Prospects Discussant: Sokcheng Sim, Researcher, Cambodian Development Resource Institute (CDRI)	Slide
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	Slide
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	Slide
Rice Variety and Sustainable Farming: A Case of Mekong Delta in Viet Nam Presenter: Le Canh Bich Tho, PhD Student, Kyoto University	Slide
Rice Variety and Sustainable Farming: A Case of Mekong Delta in Viet Nam Discussant: Shikha Thapa Magar, Post Doc, Hebei Agricultural University	Slide
Impacts of Shock and Risk Attitude on Farming: Evidence from Rice Farmers in Thailand Presenter: Trung Thanh Nguyen, Associate Professor, Leibniz University Hannover (LUH)	Slide
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	Slide
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	Slide
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)	Slide
Spatial Patterns of Fertilizer Use and Imbalances in Indian Agriculture Presenter: Kaushik Bora, Senior Research Fellow, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore	Slide
Spatial Patterns of Fertilizer Use and Imbalances in Indian Agriculture Discussant: Prakashan Chellattan Veettil, Agricultural Economist, International Rice Research Insitute (IRRI)	Slide

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	Slide
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	Slide
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	Slide
Productivity Growth in Indian Agriculture and Its Determinants Presenter: Souryabrata Mohapatra, PhD Candidate, The University of Auckland	Slide
Productivity Growth in Indian Agriculture and Its Determinants Discussant: Bhavya Sinha, PhD Student, Colorado State University	Slide
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)	Slide
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	Slide
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)	Slide
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)	Slide
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	Slide
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	Slide

*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.