Objectives of the webinar:

The webinar aims to increase the understanding of the linkages between water, food security, nutrition and livelihoods of smallholder farmers. In the context of water scarcity, the webinar presents a framework to assess options to increase yields and produce more high-nutrient dense food, based on the results of a country case study in Ethiopia.

AGENDA

15:00 - 15:05    Opening remarks by moderator, Sasha Koo-Oshima, Deputy Director, Land and Water Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

15:05 - 15:25    Water use efficiency and productivity for higher yields and nutrition: An agenda based on data from Ethiopia, Jan Lundqvist, Senior Scientific Advisor, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)

15:25 - 15:30    The three A's of Food Security (video message), Monkombu Swaminathan, Founder Chairman, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation

15:30 - 15:40    Water and nutrition: Harmonizing actions for the achievement of SDGs, Jessica Fanzo, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - Commissioner, The EAT-Lancet Commission

15:40 - 15:50    Linking farmers to markets, Claudia Ringler, Deputy Director of the Environment and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

15:50 - 15:55    Action plan on mainstreaming nutrition-sensitive agriculture on IFAD operations, Joyce Njoro, Lead Technical Specialist for Nutrition, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

15:55 - 16:00   Questions & Answers, Sasha Koo-Oshima, FAO

16:00    Closing of the webinar