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Food Security, Climate change and Agricultural Production

October 12, 2023
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Chair

- Fathallah Oualalou, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South (PCNS)

Introduction               

- Kevin Cleaver, Former Associate Vice-President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Discussants                

- Jennifer Blanke, Vice Chair, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA)

- Bambang Brodjonegoro, President of the Board of Commissioners, Bukalapak and PT Telkom

- Nguyen Minh Hang, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vietnam

- Megumi Muto, Vice President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

- Cecilia Nahón, Alternate Executive Director, The World Bank Group, Argentina

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