Opening Session and Welcome Notes

Moderator and Opening Remarks: Prof. Sergey Alekseevich Shoba, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Director of Eurasian Center for Food Security (ECFS)

• Prof. Yuri A. Mazei, Vice-rector, Lomonosov Moscow State University
• Mr. Andras Horvai, Country Director and Resident Representative for the Russian Federation, Europe and Central Asia, The World Bank Group
• Ms. Anna V. Valkova, Deputy Director for the Department of International Financial Relations, Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation

Session 1: Launch of the 2019 Global Food Policy Report – Highlights and Reflections on CIS Countries

• Dr. Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI

Panelists

• Dr. Evgeniya Serova, Director for the Center of Agricultural Policy Research, National Research University Higher School of Economics
• Prof. Sergey Kiselev, Chair of Agroeconomics Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Discussion

Session 2: Panel Discussion on Policy Challenges and Opportunities for Rural Revitalization in Eurasia Region, Moderated by Dr. Kamiljon Akramov, Research Fellow and Leader of the Central Asia Program, IFPRI

• Dr. Roman Romashkin, Deputy Director of ECFS, Lomonosov Moscow State University
• Dr. Damir Esenaliev, Senior Research Associate, International Security and Development Center GmbH
• Mrs. Gulnara Beknazarova, Director, Z-Analytics Group
• Prof. Samvel Avetisyan, Senior Expert, AMBERD Research Center, Armenian State University of Economics (TBC)
• Prof. Galiya Akimbekova, Deputy Director, Kazakh Research Institute of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development

Session 3: Monitoring and Assessment of Food and Nutrition Security in Eurasia, Moderated by Mr. Artavazd Hakobyan, Senior Agricultural Economist, The World Bank Group

Food and Nutrition Security in the Eurasian Economic Union

• Mr. Stanislav Buben, Director of Agricultural Policy Department, Eurasian Economic Commission

The Applied System of Food Security Indicators for Eurasia

• Dr. Evgeny Tsvetnov, ECFS, Lomonosov Moscow State University
• Dr. Aleksey Belugin, ECFS, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Monitoring of Soil Salinity with the Use of Space Borne Imagery and Proximal Sensing and an Approach to the National Monitoring in the Central Asian Countries

• Dr. Maria Konyushkova, ECFS, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Linking Smallholder Agricultural Producers with Market: Experience of Kyrgyzstan

• Mr. Torogul Bekov, Agribusiness Competitiveness Center (ABCC)
• Mrs. Aizada Niyazova, Agribusiness Competitiveness Center (ABCC)

Small Research/Case Study Projects on Food and Nutrition Security

• Dr. Jonathan Wadsworth, Lead Agriculture Specialist, The World Bank Group

Session 4: Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Security in Eurasia: Challenges, Policy

Issues, and Empirical Evidence, Moderated by Dr. Roman Romashkin, ECFS, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Systemic Innovation to Leverage Impacts in Dryland Agri-Food Systems of Central Asia

• Prof. Jacques Wery, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Cairo, Egypt
• Dr. Ram Sharma, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA-CAC)
• Dr. Akmal Akramkhanov, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA-CAC)

Making Institutions Work for Rural Revitalization: Implications for Central Asia

• Dr. Katrina Kosec, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Social Cohesion through Community-Based Development in Kyrgyzstan

• Dr. Damir Esenaliev, International Security and Development Center GmbH

Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture: Evidence from Tajikistan

• Dr. Hiroyuki Takeshima, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Climate Smart Technologies in Agriculture: Evidence from Kazakhstan

• Mr. Kairat Nazhmidenov, FAO Kazakhstan Country Office
• Mr. Yerlan Syzdykov, FAO Kazakhstan Country Office

Closing Remarks

Reception Dinner