This session convenes stakeholders from the Innovate for Food and Nutrition Security Regional Program to review achievements, distill lessons learned, and chart next steps for advancing regenerative food systems across ASEAN. It will highlight results and scaling insights from innovation interventions, explore alignment with the ADB–CGIAR Clearinghouse, and identify opportunities for regional collaboration and ADB engagement to expand impact beyond 2026.
Welcome Remarks and Introduction of the Session
Kazuki Saito, ASEAN-CGIAR Program Director; Senior Scientist II – Cropping system agronomy and climate change, IRRI
Presentations: Intervention Package Reflections: Results, Lessons, and Scaling Readiness
- IP 1: Regenerative Agriculture/Aquaculture Practices and Judicious Agrochemical Use
Eddie Allison, WorldFish - IP 2: Climate Neutrality and Circular Agriculture
Kazuki Saito, IRRI - IP 3: Enhancing ASEAN Agrobiodiversity Use and Landscape Biodiversity
Quennie Rizaldo, WorldFish - IP 4: Enhancing Value Chains and Regional Trade
Kevin Chen, IFPRI - IP 5: Transboundary Pests and Diseases
Hung Nguyen, ILRI - IP 6: Private Sector Investment and Sustainable Financing
Dharani Burra, Alliance - IP 7: Farmer-Led Irrigation for Climate-Resilient Agri-Food Systems
Paul Pavelic, IWMI - IP 8: Food Systems Transformation for More Nutritious and Healthy Diets
Tuyen Thi Thanh Huynh, Alliance - Cross-cutting: Gender
Hom Gartaula, IRRI - IP 1+: From innovation to impact: scaling regenerative agriculture
Eddie Allison, WorldFish
Regional Reflections and Scaling Perspectives
Takashi Yamano, ADB
Other participants