Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an approach to transform agrifood systems toward green, climate change-resilient practices. In this P-talk, Imelda Bacudo, Co-Chair, Global Alliance for Climate-Smart, UN FAO, will share how CSA could enable achieving triple goals: sustainably increasing agricultural productivity and incomes; adapting and building resilience to climate change: and reducing and/or removing greenhouse gas […]
Efforts to achieve socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable development are progressing. Agrifood-sector stakeholders are actively contributing by improving productivity, protecting natural resources, and minimizing the environmental impacts of farming and agribusiness operations as seen from their sustainability assessment performance that covers environmental integrity, economic resilience, social well-being, and good governance from production to processing and […]
The public sector is undergoing rapid digital transformation to improve its engagement with citizens, deliver better public services, cut costs, and help deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has underscored the importance of digital technologies in building economic and social resilience through strategic, agile, innovative approaches and sped up the digital transformation process of […]
Genome-editing technology can add value to crops and promote productivity in agriculture. Genome-edited tomatoes, with about five times the gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) level of traditional ones, are now grown commercially in Japan. GABA reduces human blood pressure and induces relaxation. After government approval in May 2021, Tokyo-based Sanatech Seed Company has ventured into this […]
Agriculture is an essential sector and major source of employment in many Asian countries. For comprehensive, productive rural development, it is important to involve women, youth, and persons with different abilities, in rural community activities. These groups are often overlooked, but their inclusion is essential for productivity growth. Inclusive rural transformation is central to eliminating […]
