Dont forget the Responsible Business Forum on Food and Agriculture in Manila next week. Opening discussion panel Climate change, food security and rural development: Connecting the dots Agriculture is vital to the growth of the ASEAN community, employing up to 40% of the workforce and delivering more than 25% of GDP in some member countries. With the increasing impacts of climate change, and need to provide food security for a surging population, growth in agriculture has become a more urgent priority for the regions leaders than ever before. This panel of leading experts will explore the connections between climate change, food security, and rural development, and present some of the challenges and opportunities for this important sector. Chair: Tod Gimbel, Managing Director, Landmark Asia Juan Farinati, Vice President, Asia Pacific, Monsanto Peter Erik, General Manager, Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI) Platform Matthew Morell, Deputy Director General-Research, IRRI Guy Hogge, Global Head of Sustainability, Louis Dreyfus Commodities Regina Bautista Martin, Administrator, Sugar Regulatory Administration
Posted on: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 08:59:18 +0000
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