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Session 5: Summary and Highlights

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
ADB Auditorium

This session will share major takeaways from the forum and discuss follow-up actions.

Group Photo: Session Participants

Moderator:

  • Qingfeng ZhangSenior Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Sector Group, ADB

Panelists:

  • Jyotsna Puri, Associate Vice-President, IFAD 
  • André Zandstra, Global Director, Innovative Finance & Resource Mobilization, CGIAR 
  • Channing ArndtSenior Director, Transformation Strategies, IFPRI 
  • Paul Winters, Executive Director, Innovation Commission for Climate Change, Food Security, and Agriculture, University of Chicago 
  • Keijiro Otsuka, Professor, Kobe University 
  • Ma. Estrella Penunia, Secretary-General, Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development 

Speakers

André Zandstra

Global Director, Innovative Finance & Resource Mobilization

Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers

Channing Arndt

Senior Director, Transformation Strategies

International Food Policy Research Institute

Keijiro Otsuka

Professor

Kobe University

Ma. Estrella Penunia

Secretary-General

Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development

Paul Winters

Executive Director, Innovation Commission for Climate Change, Food Security, and Agriculture

University of Chicago

Qingfeng Zhang

Senior Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Sector Group

Asian Development Bank

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