World leaders and development institutions everywhere have reawakened to the importance of agriculture for economic growth and political stability in the developing world, realizing the need for science and technology to sustain progress in agriculture. This has been prompted by the convergence of several ominous trends – including global climate change, food price inflation, economic recession, energy market volatility and worsening water scarcity. Together, those trends present agriculture with a truly daunting set of challenges.

Upon the forthcoming visit by Mr. Ren Wang, Director of Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), a public seminar “Global Challenges and Agriculture: Role of CGIAR” will be held, to discuss the importance of agriculture and agricultural research to tackle with these challenges.

Date/Time:

Friday, November 20, 2009 4:30pm-6:00pm

Venue:

World Bank Tokyo Office - Tokyo Development Learning Center
10th Fukoku Seimei Building, 2-2-2 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
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Speakers:

Mr. Ren Wang, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
Speaker’s Profile http://www.cgiar.org/who/director.html
Details on CGIAR http://www.cgiar.org/

Language:

English and Japanese with simultaneous translation

To attend, please register online using the form below, or send your name, affiliation and contact information to ptokyo@worldbank.org Your attendance is welcome (admission free).

Inquiry:

World Bank Tokyo Office Mr. Koichi Omori, Phone -3-3597-6650 komori@worldbank.org