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Kalyani Raghunathan

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Nepal’s Discussion of IFPRI’s 2022 Global Food Policy Report: Climate Change and Food Systems

IFPRI South Asia

Radisson Hotel

Lazimpat, KMC Ward no. 2

Kathmandu, Nepal

July 18, 2022

  • 5:45 – 9:00 am (America/New_York)
  • 11:45 – 3:00 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 3:15 – 6:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI’s South Asia Regional Office (IFPRI-SAR) is organizing a hybrid launch event for this year’s Global Food Policy Report in Kathmandu, Nepal in collaboration with the Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS) and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).

The 2022 Global Food Policy Report, IFPRI’s flagship report, highlights the urgency of accelerating innovation, reforming policies, resetting market incentives, and increasing financing for sustainable food systems transformation.

With climate change posing increasingly complex existential challenges to the South Asian region, there is an imperative for urgent action on climate change — both to achieve the major emissions reductions needed to limit global warming and to increase adaptive capacity and resilience.

Join IFPRI’s South Asia’s discussion to learn more about possible opportunities for accelerated action that could be considered in policy and investment decision-making for climate change adaptation, mitigation, and resilience.

Welcome Address

  • Swarnim Wagle, Chair, Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS)

Release of Global Food Policy Report 2022

Keynote: Global Food Policy Report 2022

  • Channing Arndt, Director, Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI

GFPR 2022: Climate change and transforming food systems in South Asia

  • Aditi Mukherji, Principal Researcher, International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and Coordinating Lead Author, IPCC AR6

Panel Discussion: Perspectives on Climate Change and Food Systems in Nepal

  • Ugan Manandhar, Climate and Environment Advisor, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), Nepal
  • Jason Seuc, Director, Economic Growth Office, The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Nepal
  • Moushumi Shrestha, Director, Shreenagar Agro Pvt. Ltd.
  • Radha Wagle, Joint Secretary and Chief of Climate Change Management Division, Ministry of Forests and Environment, Government of Nepal

Remarks by Chairperson

Remarks by Guest of Honor

  • Jamal Uddin Ahmed, Director, Agriculture, Rural Development and SAARC Development Fund

Remarks by Chief Guest

  • Pradeep Yadav, Hon’ble Minister for Forests and Environment, Govt. of Nepal

Concluding Remarks

Moderator

  •  Biswash Gauchan, Executive Director and Director of the Center for Economic Policy, Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS)