Launch of IFPRI’s 2019 Global Food Policy Report: Revitalizing Rural Areas in Lebanon & Soft Launch of WBG’s DigitalAG4MENA

Co-Organized by American University of Beirut, IFPRI, World Bank Group, and Digital Ag

June 18, 2019 - 11:00 am - 2:00 pm EEST

Beirut, Lebanon

The Launch of IFPRI’s 2019 Global Food Policy Report

Welcoming Remarks

Rabi H. Mohtar

Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut (AUB)

Clemens Breisinger

Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Constantin Salameh

Senior Coach and Investment Advisor, Berytech and Agrytech

Keynote Presentations 

Global Food Policy - Key findings of the GFPR 2019

Clemens Breisinger

Country Program Leader, IFPRI

Regional Chapter - Cluster-based industrialization to revitalize MENA rural areas

Fatma Abdelaziz

Research Associate, IFPRI

Panel Discussion and Q&A Session

Rural revitalization: the last rabbit out of the development hat

Shady Hamadeh

Professor and Director of the Environment and Sustainable Development Unit (ESDU), Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut (AUB)

Can we leap-frog into digitization?

Julian Lampietti

Manager for the Global Agriculture Practice in the Middle East, North Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, World Bank

Promoting agricultural and non-agricultural "incubators" and private investments in MENA and beyond

Constantin Salameh

Senior Coach and Investment Advisor, Berytech and Agrytech (speaker and moderator)

Building a resilient agriculture sector in the NENA region

Faten Adada

Agriculture Officer-Regional Initiative for Small Scale Family Farming, FAO Regional Office for NENA countries

Sustainable agriculture for development

Ghassan Al Salman

Field Officer, Environment and Sustainable Development Unit (ESDU), Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut (AUB)

Soft Launch: DigitalAG4MENA

Panel Discussion and Q&A Session

The Use of Technology for Sustainable Agricultural Development

Hadi Jaafar

Assistant Professor, Irrigation Engineering and Water Management, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut (AUB)

A Snapshot of the Agricultural Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Lebanon

Ramy Boujawdeh

Deputy General Manager, Berytech

An AI Agricultural Solution

Nisrine Turky

Co-founder, IoTree

Launching DigitalAG4MENA

Fatma El Zahraa Aglan

Agricultural Specialist, World Bank Group