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
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 "𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎?" in the second of our two-part roundtable discussion.
𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝟐:
📆 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
No comments:
Post a Comment