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    International Conference on Asian Food Security (ICAFS) 2014

    21 Aug 2014 - 22 Aug 2014 09:00 - 18:00
    Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel
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    International Conference on Asian Food Security (ICAFS) 2014
    Towards Asia 2025: Policy and Technology Imperatives

    21–22 August 2014
    Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore

    Asia faces serious challenges to its food security. Changing demographics and consumption patterns, productivity decline in agriculture, degradation of natural resource base, food price volatility, rising input costs, as well as transformation of supply chains and the “supermarket phenomenon”, are but a few of these. Add to this the various anticipated short- to medium-term trends, and it becomes clear that focused efforts towards mitigating the challenges are urgently needed.

    The complexity of food security, dynamism of supply chains and the space offered by Asia’s institutional changes are creating both challenges and opportunities for the region. In light of prevailing and foreseeable trends that have direct consequences for the region’s food security, the second International Conference on Asian Food Security (ICAFS) organised by the RSIS Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies focused strongly on Asia’s response towards the thinking horizon of 2025.

    ICAFS brought together experts, stakeholders and representatives from farmers to manufacturers, food companies, international organisations, NGOs, government policymakers to the academe, who play significant roles in the food landscape. The event also featured prominent speakers from major multilateral institutions, private sectors and key research institutes such as ADB, IFPRI, FAO, IRRI and Syngenta among others.

    Each session offered valuable insights and facilitated the discourse on various food security issues as well as provided actionable policy recommendations to address the future of food in the region.
    ICAFS 2014 Programme

    Opening Address
    Dr Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman
    Minister of State
    Ministry of National Development, Singapore

    Session 1: Asia 2025 – Trends and Challenges to Food Security
    This session focused on the trends and challenges that affect Asian food security. These include changes in demography and consumption patterns, performance decline of agriculture, degradation of natural resource base for food production and climate change. This session was aimed at setting the context on possible policy and other interventions for both food and nutrition needs.

    Chairperson
    Amb. Barry Desker
    Dean, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies;
    Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    Ending Hunger and Undernutrition in Asia by 2025 What Will It Take?
    Dr Shenggen Fan
    Director-General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Washington DC

    Food Security in Asia The Role of the Private Sector
    Mr Davor Pisk
    Chief Operating Officer, Syngenta

    Financing Agricultural Innovation and Technology – Farmers’ Perspective Towards Improved Security in Asia by 2025
    Mr Edwin Y. Paraluman
    Farmer and Coordinator of the ASEAN Farmers Regional Network (ASFARNET)

    Food Security Challenges Faced by Developing Asian Countries and Responses towards 2025 The Case of Indonesia
    Dr Achmad Suryana
    Former Director-General, Indonesian Agency for Food Security, Ministry of Agriculture; Research Professor in Agricultural Economics and Policy
    Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development

    Session 2: Supply and Demand – Improving Productivity Growth and Supply Chains
    Session 2 was the ‘bread and butter’ session that focused on food supply and demand issues, declining productivity/yield growth, and rapid urbanisation. This session aimed to provide an assessment of technological and policy innovations required as well as current efforts to modernise supply chains to cope with changes in food demand patterns in Asia.

    Chairperson
    Dr Siang Hee Tan
    Executive Director, CropLife Asia

    The Post-2015 Agenda on Hunger and Malnutrition
    Dr Jomo Kwame Sundaram
    Assistant Director-General for Economic and Social Development, Department of FAO

    Food Supply and Demand in Asia Challenges and Opportunities for Policy and Technology Interventions
    Dr Mark Rosegrant
    Division Director Environment and Production Technology
    International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

    Modernizing Food Supply Chains as an Integral Necessity to Assure Food Security
    Dr Rolando Dy
    Executive Director, University of Asia & the Pacific Center for Food and Agribusiness

    Achieving Food Security in a Growing World of Scarcity The Role of Scientific Innovations
    Prof. Martin Kropff
    Rector Magnificus, Wageningen University

    Session 3: Market Integration, Trade and Economic Access to Food
    This session examined the role of market integration and trade in improving physical and economic access to food. It also discussed the ASEAN Economic Community 2015, other regional trade agreements, and their effect on keeping prices stable and affordable.

    Chairperson
    Prof. Mely Caballero-Anthony
    Associate Professor, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS);
    Head, RSIS Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; and Former Director, External Relations, ASEAN Secretariat

    ASEAN, AEC and Food Security
    Dr Ponciano Intal Jr.
    Senior Researcher, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

    Impact of Trade Facilitation, Logistics and Services Liberalisation Reforms on the Food Supply Chain
    Dr Ruth Banomyong
    Associate Professor, Faculty of Commerce & Accountancy, Thammasat University, Thailand

    China’s Role in the Future Food Security Situation of Asia A Threat or an Ally
    Dr Jikun Huang
    Founder and Director of the Chinese Centre for Agricultural Policy for China

    India’s Food Security Bill A Retrospect
    Prof. S. Chandrasekhar
    Associate Professor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research

    Session 4: Financing and Investing in Agricultural Innovation and Technology
    Session 4 looked at the importance of innovation and technology in increasing agricultural productivity and food processing. It also highlighted the importance of infrastructure, R&D, technology development and transfer, and the necessary policy environment for investments to bear fruit.

    Chairperson
    Prof. Paul Teng
    Senior Fellow and Advisor (Food Security), RSIS Centre for NTS Studies; and Principal Officer, National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    Agriculture and Rice Research International Public Goods with Unmatched Return to ODA
    Dr Bruce Tolentino
    Deputy Director General, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

    Private Equity, Agriculture, and Food Security
    Mr Victor Lean
    Managing Partner, Caudex Asia

    Risk Management and Financing for Food Security An Insurance Industry Perspective
    Mr Ivo Menzinger
    Head Asia-Pacific Global Partnerships, Swiss Reinsurance

    Access to Agricultural Financing – The Experience of ASA in Bangladesh
    Mr Md Fayzer Rahman
    Executive Vice President, Association for Social Advancement (ASA), Bangladesh

    Session 5: Charting an Integrative Approach for Asia towards 2025
    Session 5 aggregated all sessions and attempted to chart the direction in moving towards 2025 and beyond. Speakers representing national governments, food producers and civil society articulated the various perspectives and proposed directions in which the region must move in order to achieve food security by 2025.

    Chairperson
    Dr Shenggen Fan
    Director-General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC

    The Role of R&D in Asia’s Food Security Rice Security through Policy, Science and PPPs
    Dr Robert Zeigler
    Director General, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

    Going Beyond Food Security: Putting Nutrition Security in the Equation

    Mr Kobus De Klerk
    Regional President, SAFI ASPAC DuPont Nutrition & Health

    ReducingPreventing Food Insecurity from Regional Calamities & Disasters
    Ms Puspasari Indra
    Asia Regional Emergency Food Security and Livelihood Coordinator, Oxfam

    Concluding Keynote Address: Way Forward – Regional Cooperation for Food Security
    The concluding session will chart next steps for the region. The keynote speaker, Mr Bindu Lohani, Vice President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, Asian Development Bank, will also provide a regional bank’s perspective on the need for integrated approaches in tackling food security.

    Dr Bindu Lohani
    Vice President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, Asian Development Bank

     

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