Subforum: Technological Innovations and Low-Carbon Transformation
I. About the Forum
The Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy (AGEFP) at China Agricultural University, in partnership with CGIAR, the Environmental Defense Fund, and the World Resources Institute, will co-host the subforum during the 2024 WAFI on the morning of October 9. Key platforms supporting this event include CGIAR's Mitigate+ Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems, the International Forum of Low-Emission Agrifood Systems(IFLEAS), and the Yangtze River Delta Alliance of Zero-Carbon Smart Villages.
As global warming accelerates, agrifood systems and rural development face increasingly severe challenges, as these sectors are both highly vulnerable to climate change and important sources of greenhouse gas emissions. How to strike a balance between increasing food production, protecting the environment, and raising farmers' incomes has become crucial for sustainable development.
Technological innovations are emerging as a key driver of transformation in these sectors. Innovations such as precision agriculture, smart logistics, and modern supply chain management can enhance productivity, reduce input use, and minimize waste, ultimately lowering emissions. In rural areas, technological innovations enable efficient energy use, renewable energy development, and comprehensive improvements in quality of life, employment, and ecological health, thereby promoting low-carbon development.
This subforum will bring together scholars, entrepreneurs, policymakers and practitioners from various fields to discuss the role and pathways of technological innovations in promoting the transformation of agrifood systems and low-carbon development in rural areas. By sharing cutting-edge research findings and case studies, participants will provide options for achieving sustainable agrifood systems and rural development.
The subforum will feature keynote speeches and two roundtable discussions. The first roundtable discussion will address how technological innovations can empower the transformation of agrifood systems and low-carbon development in rural areas, while the second roundtable discussion will focus on practical applications and case studies related to these transformations. Each speaker will have 5-7 minutes to share their insights.
II.Organization:
Organizers:
The Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy(AGFEP) at China Agricultural University
Environmental Defense Fund Beijing Representative Office (EDF)
World Resources Institute China Office (WRI)
CGIAR's Mitigate+ Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems
International Forum of Low-Emission Agrifood Systems (IFLEAS)
Yangtze River Delta Alliance of Zero-Carbon Smart Villages
III.Time & Venue
Time: 8:30 – 12:00 on October 9, 2024
Venue: 3rd Floor, Symposium Hall, Jinma Hotel, Haidian, Beijing
IV.Size
100 people
V.Agenda
Chair: Kevin Chen, Chair Professor & International Dean of China Academy for Rural Development at Zhejiang University, Senior Research Fellow of IFPRI, China Lead of CGIAR Research Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems | ||
Opening remark | ||
8:30-8:35 | Qixin Sun | President of China Agricultural University and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering |
8:35-8:40 | Ismahane Elouafi | CGIAR Executive Managing Director |
Keynote speech | ||
8:40-8:55 | Carbon farming in Africa: Opportunities and challenges for engaging smallholder farmers | Joachim von Braun, Distinguished Professor, Economics and Technical Change at Center for Development Research (ZEF) University of Bonn |
8:55-9:10 | The role of IFIs in supporting agri-food systems transformation in Asia and the Pacific | Qingfeng Zhang, Senior Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office (AFNR), Asian Development Bank |
9:10-9:25 | Construction of zero-carbon rural evaluation system--Taking the Yangtze River Delta as an example | Zhen Wang, Executive Vice President, Yangtze River Delta Alliance of Zero-Carbon Smart Villages |
9:25-9:40 | CGIAR's Roadmap for Climate Resilience and Low-Emission Food, Land, and Water Systems | Tek Bahadur Sapkota, Senior Scientist – Agricultural System/Climate Change at CIMMYT |
9:40-9:55 | A multi-objective trade-off analysis of the agrifood system low-carbon transition in China | Yumei Zhang, Professor of Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy at China Agricultural University |
9:55-10:10 | Release of Food System Economics Commission (FSEC) Global Policy Report | Claudia Hunecke, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research |
10:10-10:20 | Break | |
Roundtable 1: Technology innovation empowering agrifood systems and rural low-carbon transformation Chair: David Cleary, Director of Global Agriculture, The Nature Conservancy
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10:20-11:05
| Hongwu Sun | Vice President, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences |
Stanford Blade | Deputy Director General (Research) for the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Dean Emeritus of the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences (ALES) at the University of Alberta | |
Ji Gao | Director, Energy & Nature, Environmental Defense Fund | |
Christopher Martius | Team Leader for Climate Change, Energy and Low-Carbon Development at CIFOR, Leader of CGIAR Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems Work Package 1 | |
Linggang Kong | Director General, Institute of Urban and Rural Development, Anhui Academy of Social Sciences | |
Suresh Babu | Senior Research Fellow/Head of Capacity Strengthening, International Food Policy Research Institute | |
Roundtable 2：The practice and application cases of agrifood systems and rural low-carbon transformation Chair: Yanping ZHANG Research Associate, Food and Natural Resources Program, World Resources Institute (WRI) China | ||
11:05-11:50 | Yong Gao | Vice President, Bayer China |
Issa Ouedraogo | Senior Scientist, Climate Action and Country Representative in Senegal at the Alliance of Bioversity International - CIAT | |
Yongping Zhai | Senior Advisor on Carbon Neutrality, Tencent; Former Chief of Energy Sector Group, Asian Development Bank | |
Madhura Swaminathan | Professor at the Economic Analysis Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore | |
Bing Hou | Executive Director General, Good Food Fund | |
Xinxin Wang | Professor at College of Economics, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics | |
11:50-11:55 | General Discussions | |
11:55-12:00 | Concluding remarks | Shenggen Fan, Dean and Chair Professor, Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy, China Agricultural University |
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