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

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 (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, The World Bank Group