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Agritech Digital Solutions
A webinar in the field of Digital Revolution for agriculture, trade, and investments.
Leveraging the power of AgriTech application and partnerships to accelerate agricultural supply chains, trade and investments in IsDB Group Member Countries
15 October 2020
12:00 - 14:30 Saudi Arabia Time (BST +2:00)
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The purpose of the webinar is three-fold:
Identify the most promising AgriTech solutions that could be deployed at scale to achieve food and nutrition security, sustainable food and farming systems that are climate-smart.
Raise environmental awareness and demonstrate how AgriTech solutions can be game changers that can practically contribute to preserving and restoring the environment in a sustainable manner.
Establish strategic partnerships among various stakeholders to materialize the applications of AgriTech solutions and good agronomic practices at scale to advance the performance of the agriculture and rural development sector.
Agenda
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Introduction
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Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture (Panel)
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Agricultural Digital Community Platform
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The Role of FIs in Sustainable Farming (Panel)
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Excellence in Agronomy – a new approach to
close the yield gap at scale -
Soil health clinic – Digital Tools at Work: providing
real-time fertilizers advisory services -
Closing Remarks
Speakers
Opening Remarks
Eng. Hani Salem Sonbol
Chief Executive Officer,
International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC)
Master of Ceremony
Prof. Muhammadou Kah
Panel Member The Malabo Montpellier Panel + Professor of Information Technology & Computing – American University of Nigeria + Board Chairman, Zenith Bank
Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture (Panel)
Prof. Muhammadou Kah
Panel Member The Malabo Montpellier Panel + Professor of Information Technology & Computing – American University of Nigeria + Board Chairman, Zenith Bank
Moderator
Carlo Bravi
Project Coordinator – FAO
Nicolas Tremblay
Lead Regional Environment and Climate Specialist – IFAD
Dr. Bashir A. Jama
A Lead, Global Practice, Food
Security Specialist at (IsDB)
Rajiv Pradhan
Country Director in Cambodia
Swiss Contact
Agricultural Digital Community Platform
Paul Voutier
Director, Knowledge & Innovation – Grow Asia
Download PresentationThe Role of FIs in Sustainable Farming (Panel)
M.Nazeem Noordali
COO-ITFC
Moderator
Nabil Marc Abdul-Massih
CEO – Inoks Fund
Birgül Akman Sönmezler
Head of AGRI Banking Marketing/ Product & Process Management Dept DenizBank
Yassine Oussaifi
Partner – AfricInvest Group
Excellence in Agronomy – a new approach to close the yield gap at scale
Dr. Bernard Vanlauwe
Director R4D, Central Africa and Natural Resource Management
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Download PresentationSoil health clinic – Digital Tools at Work: providing real-time fertilizers advisory services
Rafiq El Alami
Head of Digital for Research Lab (D4R) & Digital Learning Lab, University of Mohamed 6 Polytechnic, Morocco
Target Audience
Ministries of agriculture
from member states
MDBs
Agriculture companies
from member states
Selected academic
agricultural institutions
Webinar Theme
The discussion during the 2.5-hour webinar will revolve around the following topics:
Food Security: very hot topic as the world’s population is heading towards 9.5 B by 2050, which means that there is a deprecate need to boost the yields (increase the use of improved seeds, fertilizers, good agronomic practices) and enhance efficiency across various stages of the supply chain through digitalization.
Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture: resources are being depleted due to inefficient farming practices, hence the need to rationalize the utilization of resources in a sustainable manner.
