The session highlights different financing instruments and delivery models, including grants, concessional finance, blended approaches, and private sector engagement. By drawing on country and operational perspectives, the discussion emphasizes lessons learned, implementation challenges, and pathways for scaling climate-resilient food system investments.
Overall facilitator: Giap Minh Bui, Principal Natural Resource and Agriculture Economist, SD2-AFNR, ADB
Setting the scene: Translating Risk into Investment
Speaker: Qingfeng Zhang, Senior Director, SD2-AFNR, ADB
Country Experience and Implications for Designing and Implementing Prospective G2F Investments
Speakers:
Lutfullo Abduroziqzoda Davlat, Deputy Head of the International Relations Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Tajikistan
Alisher Umaraliev, Director, Center for Agriculture and Food Projects, Ministry of Agriculture, Uzbekistan
Ulan Zhaparov, Chief Procurement Specialist, Water Resources Service under the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry, Kyrgyz Republic
Marie L’Hostis, Water Resources Specialist, SD2-AFNR, ADB
Matthias Leitner, Natural Resource and Agriculture Economist, SD2-AFNR, ADB (online)
Financing G2F: Instruments and Blended Solutions
Speaker: Giap Minh Bui, Principal Natural Resource and Agriculture Economist, SD2-AFNR, ADB
Capacity Building for Climate Finance Access
Speaker: Chris J. Dickinson, Senior Environment Specialist, CCSD, ADB
Takeaways and Transition
Moderator: Giap Minh Bui, Principal Natural Resource and Agriculture Economist, SD2-AFNR, ADB
