Time: 15:30-17:00 (GMT +4) | Location: OPEC Fund Pavilion
This event will focus on how the establishment of a regional gene seed bank within ARASIA, with technical and scientific support from the IAEA, can help with climate change mitigation and food security and sustainability.
The side event aims:
to raise awareness on the benefit of applying nuclear techniques in various aspects related to climate-smart agriculture,
to highlight positive impact within the ARASIA Region from 20 years of collaborating with the IAEA in agriculture and climate adaptation areas (such as increasing crops productivity crops), and
to foster international cooperation and partnership to support impactful collaborative scientific projects in these areas.
Speakers?
Adebayo Babalola, Director of?Strategic?Policy and Economic Services, OPEC Fund
Hua Liu, Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation, IAEA
Linda Eid, ARASIA Focal Person and Programme Management Officer, IAEA
Bilal Nsouli, Chair and Lebanon National Representative,?ARASIA
Nader Al Awadhi, Kuwait National Representative, ARASIA
Mohammed Omari, Jordan National Representative, ARASIA
Stefan Schmitz, Executive Director, Crop Trust
Moderator
Nadia Benamara, Director - Communications Department, OPEC Fund
