• 24 Oct, 2023
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Launching of the books “Climate Smart Agriculture Technologies and Practices” of six Member States and  the“Network of Climate Smart Agriculture: Community of Practice (CoP) in South Asia” by the Chief Guest, Hon. Mahinda Amaraweera, Minister of Agriculture in Sri Lanka will also be held

The PSC meeting will bring together high-level representatives from SAARC member states, international development organizations, and experts in the field of agriculture and climate change. The meeting will be chaired by the Heads of NARES (National Agricultural Research and Extension Systems) from SAARC countries. It will also be co-chaired by the Directors of SAC and IFPRI-South Asia Office. The meeting aimed at advancing collaborative efforts to scale up CSA practices in South Asia.

The roundtable will also bring together policymakers, scientists, researchers, extension agents, farmers’ representatives and private sector delegates from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. This roundtable dedicated to understanding of CSA in the South Asia context and exploring strategies, and programmatic approaches aimed at scaling up the adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies by smallholder and women farmers in South Asia.

The following distinguished guests will address the inaugural session:

• Hon’ble Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture in Sri Lanka – Mr. Gunadasa Samarasinghe
• Hon’ble Director-South Asia, IFPRI – Dr. Shahidur Rashid
• Hon’ble Director, SAARC Agriculture Centre – Dr. Md. Baktear Hussain
• Hon’ble Director, SAC & SDF, SAARC Secretariat, Kathmandu – Mr. Jamal Uddin Ahmed
• Hon’ble Chairman, BARC and Chairman, Project Steering Committee, C-SUCSeS Project – Dr. Shaikh Mohammad Bokhtiar
• Hon’ble Director, Natural Resources Management Centre – Dr. Upul Rathnayake