Webinar on Sustainable Agriculture: Where Are We Headed After 2020?

25th May 2020
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19 May 2020. Webinar on Sustainable Agriculture: Where Are We Headed After 2020?
Given the thin thread that our ecosystem hangs off and the vision to uplift and empower smallholder farmers, organisations must strive to drive sustainable practices and adopt agtech innovations to address the real threat of imperiled food security and realise the massive economic gains of a data-driven, sustainable agriculture. This webinar dived into:

Ways to Gender Equality, Improve Farmer Livelihood and Sustainable Supply Chains
Financial Inclusion of Smallholder Farmers, Risk Mitigation and Resilience
Overview of various sustainability and development issues in the agroecosystem from on-ground experiences
Opportunities for the application of digital technologies and its impact on agricultural practice today
Digitisation of farms and farmers to strengthen climate change adaptation and ensure better food security
The challenges of smallholder farmers, and how agtech helps in socio-economic empowerment of women/youth in agriculture
Reducing post-harvest food loss with optimal sourcing and procurement decisions
Strategies to help the revival from the current disruptions to international trade and the toll on economies

Speakers:

Ganesh Neelam, Executive Director – Tata Trust CInI
Harsh Vivek, Program Leader, South Asia Food and Agribusiness Advisory – IFC
John Logan, Country Head, Kenya – TechnoServe
Kunal Prasad, Co-founder & COO – CropIn
Priti Kumar, Senior Agriculture Specialist – World Bank
Vanessa Adams, Vice-President, Country Support and Delivery – AGRA

Upcoming webinar.
Session 2

26 May 2020. 10.00 AM Amsterdam (CEST), 15.00 PM Hanoi, 16.00 PM Beijing. Webinar on
Sustainable Agriculture: Where Are We Headed After 2020?

What is the role of gender equality and financial inclusion in enhancing farmer livelihoods?
How can technology help mitigate risks and make global farming communities resilient?
What is the significance of sustainable supply chains in today’s world?

? #JoinTheConversation on 26th May (Tuesday) as our eminent speakers discuss these and many more crucial questions related to “??????????? ???????????: ????? ??? ?? ?????? ????? ?????” in the second of our two-part roundtable discussion.

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? May 26, 2020
?14:30 to 15:30 IST (GMT+05:30)

Speakers:
? Alan Johnson, Program Lead – Smallholder Supply Chains, IFC – International Finance Corporation
? Leesa Shrader, Program Director, Mercy Corps AgriFin Accelerate
? Lucy Muchoki, CEO, PanAAC – Pan African Agribusiness & Agroindustry Consortium
? Joe Boulier, Program Director – USA, Tanager
? Aakash Parekh, Vice-President, Europe & South-Asia, #CropIn

Guest Speaker:
? Jacqueline Njonjo, Africa Lead – Food Safety Program, IFC – International Finance Corporation

Moderator:
? Hemendra Mathur, Venture Partner, Bharat Innovation Fund

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Webinar on Sustainable Agriculture: Where Are We Headed After 2020?

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