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Agricultural Policies in the Asia-Pacific Region: Innovation for Sustainable Productivity Growth
- Date
- 26 February 2025
- Time
- 7:00 - 8:30 GMT+1 (Paris)
About
Governments are applying a wide variety of approaches to improve productivity whilst preserving natural resources and reducing agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. For instance, encouraging innovation has been recognised as critical for fostering sustainable productivity growth. Although priorities differ across the Asia-Pacific region, significant reform or reorientation of support towards general services, including well-targeted investments in innovation will need to be made to boost robust and sustainable productivity growth.
This webinar will begin with presentations of key findings from the OECD Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2024 report, followed by a panel discussion among policy makers and experts from the Asia-Pacific region. It aims to build a shared understanding amongst governments from across the Asia-Pacific region about the policies needed to achieve the balance between productivity and sustainability by exploiting synergies and managing possible trade-offs between objectives.
The webinar takes place at:
7:00-8:30 GMT+1 (Paris)
13:00-14:30 GMT+7 (Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta)
14:00-15:30 GMT+8 (Kuala Lumpur, Manila)
15:00-16:30 GMT+9 (Seoul, Tokyo)
17:00-18:30 GMT+11 (Canberra)
19:00-20:30 GMT+13 (Wellington)
Agenda
Opening Remarks and Moderator
Martin von Lampe
Head of Unit, Agriculture and Resource Policies Division
OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate
Key findings from OECD Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2024: Innovation for Sustainable Productivity Growth
Roger Martini
Senior Agricultural Economist, Agriculture and Resource Policies Division
OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate
Jibran Punthakey
Agricultural Economist, Agriculture and Resource Policies Division
OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate
Innovation for Sustainable Productivity Growth: Lessons for the Asia-Pacific region
Mercedes Campi
Agricultural Economist, Agriculture and Resource Policies Division
OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate
A Nature-Based Solution for Fertilizer Use Reduction using Biological Nitrification Inhibition
Tadashi Yoshihashi
Project Leader, Biological Resources and Post-harvest Division
Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS)
Discussion by the Asian Development Bank Institute
Dil B. Rahut
Vice Chair of Research and Senior Research Fellow
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Tokyo
Panel discussion with policy makers and experts from the Asia-Pacific region
Wahida Maghreb
Agricultural Policy Analyst
Indonesian Centre for Agricultural Socio Economic and Policy Studies (ICASEPS)
Hanyang Ge
Senior Policy Analyst
Ministry for Primary Industries, New Zealand
Hirunya Srasom
Director of International Agricultural Economics Division
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand
Tran Cong Thang
Director General
Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development, Viet Nam
Closing Remarks
Julia Nielson
Deputy Director
OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate
Report
The OECD Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2024 report monitors and evaluates agricultural policies in 54 countries, including the 38 OECD countries, the five non-OECD EU Member States, and 11 emerging economies.
This year’s report focuses on policies fostering sustainable productivity growth in agriculture. The report notes that making more effective use of producer support to promote innovation and environmental sustainability on the farm, and refocusing overall support towards targeted R&D, can better leverage public spending to deliver public goods and sustainable productivity growth. In line with the 2022 OECD Agriculture Ministerial Declaration, the report identifies a seven-point policy agenda for making agriculture more sustainable, productive and resilient, and for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of agricultural support and markets.
The report is available in English, and in French in an abridged version.
Connect with us: www.oecd.org/agriculture ● OECD Trade and Agriculture ● @OECDagriculture
Past events
Agricultural Policies in the Asia-Pacific region: Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change
Thursday, 21 March 2024
Agricultural Policies in the Asia-Pacific region: Ensuring Food Security, Livelihoods and Climate Change Mitigation
Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic for Food Security in Asia and the Pacific
Thursday, 26 August 2021
