09:15 am - 09:45 am
Auditorium Hall 1–4
This session supported ADB’s shift from crisis response to long-term food systems transformation under the $40 billion agenda by identifying country readiness gaps, prioritizing actions to strengthen policy and institutional capacity, advancing programmatic and policy-based approaches, aligning public and private partners, scaling nature-positive and nutrition-sensitive investments, enhancing SME financing, and accelerating country engagement and pipeline development.
Moderator: Stefania Dina, Country Director, Timor-Leste, ADB
Insights
- Qu Dongyu, Director General, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
- Michael Kremer, Director, Development Innovation Lab, University of Chicago, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences 2019
Closing
Fatima Yasmin, Vice-President (Sectors and Themes), ADB
Group Photo
