(Track 6: Investing in Bankable Crop, Livestock, and Aquaculture Value Chains)
The session aims to respond to growing demand from ADB sovereign and private sector operations for bankable, scalable system enablers that can be embedded within agricultural value chain and food systems investments. It brings together scientists, ADB operational experience, and private sector perspectives to clarify how mechanization, logistics, and irrigation solutions can be structured, financed, and scaled through integrated investment approaches.
Keynote Presentation: Integrated System Enablers for Climate-Resilient Value Chains
Dr. Prasanna Boddupalli, CIMMYT Regional Director for Asia
Roundtable Discussion: Best Practices and Lessons from the Ground
This panel brings together ADB operational teams, CGIAR centres, and project implementers to share best practices from completed or ongoing investments and pilots that have already demonstrated results. The discussion focuses on what worked, what didn’t, and what can be scaled through sovereign lending and private sector engagement.
Moderator: Takeshi Ueda, Director, AFNR-SD2, ADB
Panelists:
- Paulrasu Chellamuthu, Secretary of Horticulture Department, Government of Himachal Pradesh, India
- Dr. Jonathan Newby, Program Leader, Alliance Bioversity-CIAT
- Dr. Solomon Gizaw, Head of the TAAT Clearinghouse, IITA
- Lin Ji, Senior Climate Change Officer, CCSD, ADB
- Krishan S. Rautela, Project Officer, AFNR-SD2, ADB
Questions & Answers
Wrap-Up: Scaling Value Chains Through Science-Based Solutions
Xi CAO, Principal Nature Resource and Agriculture Specialist, AFNR-SD2, ADB
