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Vartika Singh

Vartika Singh is a Senior Research Analyst in the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit, based in New Delhi, and a Senior Research Officer at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. She is currently a doctoral candidate at Humboldt University in Berlin and a guest researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Germany. Her research interest is in the nexus of food-water-energy and land. 

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Launch of IFPRI’s 2019 Global Food Policy Report: Revitalizing Rural Areas in Lebanon & Soft Launch of WBG’s DigitalAG4MENA

Co-Organized by American University of Beirut, IFPRI, World Bank Group, and Digital Ag

American University of Beirut – Michel and Sherine Bayoud Lecture Hall (Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences)

P.O. Box 11-0236 Riad El Solh

Beirut, Lebanon

June 18, 2019

  • 11:00 – 2:00 pm (Europe/Athens)
  • 4:00 – 7:00 am (US/Eastern)
  • 1:30 – 4:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)
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The Launch of IFPRI’s 2019 Global Food Policy Report

Welcoming Remarks

Keynote Presentations

Global Food Policy – Key Findings of the GFPR 2019

Regional Chapter – Cluster-Based Industrialization to Revitalize MENA Rural Areas

Panel Discussion and Q&A Session

Rural Revitalization: The Last Rabbit out of the Development Hat

  • Shady Hamadeh, Professor and Director of the Environment and Sustainable Development Unit (ESDU), Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut (AUB)

Can we Leap-Frog into Digitization?

  • Julian Lampietti, Manager for the Global Agriculture Practice in the Middle East, North Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, World Bank

Promoting Agricultural and Non-Agricultural “Incubators” and Private Investments in MENA and Beyond

  • Constantin Salameh, Senior Coach and Investment Advisor, Berytech and Agrytech (moderator)

Building a Resilient Agriculture Sector in the NENA Region

  • Faten Adada, Agriculture Officer-Regional Initiative for Small Scale Family Farming, FAO Regional Office for NENA countries

Sustainable Agriculture for Development

  • Ghassan Al Salman, Field Officer, Environment and Sustainable Development Unit (ESDU), Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut (AUB)

Soft Launch: DigitalAG4MENA

Panel Discussion and Q&A Session

The Use of Technology for Sustainable Agricultural Development

  • Hadi Jaafar, Assistant Professor, Irrigation Engineering and Water Management, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut (AUB)     

A Snapshot of the Agricultural Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Lebanon 

An AI Agricultural Solution

Launching DigitalAG4MENA

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