Deep Dive Session 2.3: Food Security with Low-Carbon Rice in Asia: Government Pilot Projects

This deep dive session aims to share knowledge about Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) method and discuss its integration into ADB projects.

Moderator: 

Takashi Yamano, Principal Economist, ADB

Speaker:

• Jongsoo Shin, Regional Representative of Asia, International Rice Research Institute

Panelists:

• Tran Van The, Deputy Director General, IAE, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Viet Nam
• Muhammad Abdus Salam, Member Director, Crops Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council
• Malik Muhammad Akram, Director General, Directorate of On Farm Water Management, Punjab Agriculture Department
• Ando Radanielson, Senior Scientist, Intenational Rice Research Institute
• Hiz Jamali, Climate Change Specialist, Pakistan Resident Mission, ADB
• Asad Ali Zafar, Senior Project Officer, ADB