Summary : Part 1
Session 1.1: Rural transformation process in Asia: experiences, lessons learned and challenges
Session 1.2: Agriculture and the sustainable development goals
Session 1.3: Food value chain development in the Asia countries
Session 1.4: Technological innovations in support to agricultural development and agricultural transformation
Session 1.5: Institutional innovations in support to agricultural development and agricultural/rural transformation
Part 2
Session 2.1: Emerging trends in a transforming agricultural sector
Session 2.2: Use of mobile phones on technology adoption in South Asia
Session 2.3: Rural transformation process in Asia: experiences, lessons learned and challenges
Session 2.4: Demographic changes: Their implications on agricultural production and food consumption
Session 2.5: Technological innovations in support to agricultural development and agricultural transformation
Part 3
Session 3.1: Rural transformation processes on Asia: Experiences, lessons learned and challenges
Session 3.2: Use of DNA fingerprinting on variety identification
Session 3.3: Institutional innovations in support to agricultural development and agricultural/rural transformation
Session 3.4: Technological innovations in support to agricultural development and agricultural transformation
Part 4
Session 4.1: Toward better climate change adaptation and resource allocation options with novel tools and data
Session 4.2: Emerging opportunities and challenges for rice sector development in selected countries of East Asia from the point of view development practitioners
Session 4.3: Entities, risks and strategies for enhancing the resilience of food value chains
Session 4.4: Rural development and agricultural transformation in South East Asia with emphasis on Thailand and Vietnam
Session 4.5: Prospects of Asian agriculture udner the regime of AEC and other trade agreements in Asia and Pacific region and beyond.
Part 5
Session 5.1: Proactive agricultural insurance market: Meeting market needs for risk management
Session 5.2: Release and adoption of improved cultivars in South and Southeast Asia
Session 5.3: Economics of microedit intervention for the tenant farmers
Session 5.4: Agriculture and the sustainable development goals