Deep Dive Session 4.1: Food Security Challenges and Solutions for the Pacific Countries

This session diagnoses challenges countries are confronting today; identifies gaps and deficiencies in addressing food security issues in the Pacific; explores solutions in the short-, medium-, and long term; and elicits ADB 's role in addressing these challenges.

Moderator:

• Jiangfeng Zhang, Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Sectors Group, ADB

Speaker: 

• Steven Victor, Minister, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Environment, Republic of Palau

 Panelists:

• Alisi Tuqa, Food Systems Program Lead, The Pacific Community 
• Suzie Newman, Director, International Development, Plant & Food Research, New Zealand  
• Liangzhi You, Senior Research Fellow, Foresight and Policy Modelling Unit, Department of Transformation Strategies