Farmers on the Frontline – Resilience and food security in a post-coronavirus world

Speakers:

Shraddha Joshi, Mai Thin Yu Mon, Khalida Bouzar

Published By:

FARM-D

Hosted by:

International Fund for Agricultural Development

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About the webinar

Webcast panel will discuss the efforts needed to ensure rural communities' resilience to overcome challenges related to the COVID-19 crisis.

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As the COVID-19 virus continues to sweep the world, we are forced to constantly reassess our expectations of both the human and economic costs that it will bring. The world is reaching a point where unilateral decisions by food exporters and falling national revenues could have devastating effects for food-insecure countries. Rural communities in developing countries are hardworking, resourceful and resilient. But they need immediate help to withstand the devastation the pandemic has laid at their doorstep.

This webcast panel promoted by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will focus on the efforts needed to strengthen rural people’s ability to cope and overcome the challenges related to COVID-19, following the key points below:

Rural communities in developing countries are facing potential devastating impacts of COVID-19 to their health, livelihoods and economies.
Rural communities that have already benefited from IFAD’s resilience building projects are in a better place to cope with the impacts of COVID-19.
We need a strong global multilateral response to ensure that rural people are not left behind.

Moderator: Marie Haga, IFAD Associate Vice-President

Keynote: Terri Sarch, UK Ambassador to the UN in Rome

Focus Region:

Global

Focus Topic:

Agricultural Value Chains / Agri-Businesses

Gender / Youth / Social Inclusion

Nutrition / Food Systems

About the Speakers

Shraddha Joshi

Director of Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal (MAVIM), the Women’s Development Corporation of Government of India’s state of Maharashtra

Mai Thin Yu Mon

Programme Director for the Indigenous Peoples Development Programme, Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)

Khalida Bouzar

Khalida Bouzar is the Director of the Near East, North Africa, Europe and Central Asia Division at IFAD. She brings more than 30 years of national and international corporate leadership experience, 20 of which were dedicated to sustainable and rural development, environment and natural resource management, and economics and industry within the UN system.

The total volume of IFAD investment operations under Bouzar’s management is valued at nearly USD 2 billion, spanning over 22 countries. Under her leadership, IFAD established a Facility for Refugees, Migrants, Forced Displacement and Rural Stability (FARMS), with an expected outreach of 1 million people. From her early career in research and the private sector as Business Development Manager for BRC, Bouzar moved to hold numerous leadership positions within the UN. She has spearheaded change and played a significant role in positioning IFAD as an Executing Agency of the Global Environment Facility and in upholding the Organization’s reputation for excellence.

Bouzar holds a Ph.D. in Sciences from the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris, and a M.Sc. in Solid State Physics, including a B.Sc. in Physics from the University of Algiers, Algeria.

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