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Understanding agricultural transformation in Asia

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24 April 2010, Dhaka. Agricultural transformation in five countries, Vietnam, Korea, Bangladesh, India and Thailand were a major focus of the seminar, where delegates deliberated on the critical aspects underlying the dynamics of agricultural transformation as has occurred in the five countries during the past four to five decades. The country papers presented in the seminar provided a comprehensive assessment of the important drivers of agriculture transformation. The drivers include socio-economic factors, demography, trade reforms and the global climatic change induced factors.

 

Understanding agricultural transformation in Asia

Prominent delegates who attended the seminar included Mr. Ashvin Dayal, Managing Director, Rockefeller Foundation(Asia), Bangkok; Prof. Seong Woo Lee of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development Program, Seoul National University , Korea; Mr. Sang-Ho Choi, Extension Planning Division, Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea; Dr. Kazi Ali Toufique, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS ), Bangladesh; Dr. Mahabub Hossain, Executive Director, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC ), Dhaka; Prof. Ramesh Chand, Director, National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NCAER ), New Delhi, India; Prof. Amita Shah, Director, Gujarat Institute of Development Research (GIDR ), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India; Prof. Do Kim Chung, School of Economics and Rural Development, Hanoi Agricultural University (HAU ), Hanoi, Vietnam; Dr. Nguyen Viet Dang, Faculty of Economics and Rural Development, HAU, Hanoi, Vietnam; Mr. Phrek Gypmantasiri Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand; Ms. Vannapha Yongchareon, Director, Bureau of Agricultural Development Policy and Planning, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand; Ms. Natalie Phaholyothin, Project Associate, Rockefeller Foundation Bangkok; Prof. Sudip K. Rakshit, Vice President (Research), AIT; Prof. Gopal B. Thapa of School of Environment Resources and Development (SERD), AIT; Dr. Mokbul Morshed Ahmad, Associate Dean, SERD, AIT ; Mr. Subash Dasgupta, Senior Plant Production Officer, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (FAO RAP ); and Dr. Utai Pisone, Advisor, National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards (ACFS ), Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand.

 

 

Agriculture transformation in these five countries is reflective of the scenario of agriculture transformation as has occurred in the larger Asian context, which demonstrates the growing challenges confronting the smallholder agriculture and its sustainability in the region. The country level assessments as presented by the national experts highlighted that there are serious issues that need immediate attention particularly in three critical areas of policy making, namely technology development & dissemination and institutional interventions. Despite tremendous achievements in production, marketing and trade of agriculture products, a vast majority of the rural population in these countries suffer from multiple deprivations.

The seminar was attended by about 30 participants, including national experts from Korea, Vietnam, Bangladesh, India and Thailand as well as faculty and researchers from AIT.

The seminar was organised by the Regional and Rural Development Planning field of studies of SERD (AIT) with support of Rockefeller Foundation.

 

 

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