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Remarks and Presentations
Deep Dive 1: The Role of Education in Reducing Rural-Urban Divide
Welcome Remarks 
Qingfeng Zhang, 
Chief, Rural Development and Food Security (Agriculture) Thematic Group, concurrently OIC, Environment Thematic Group, Sustainable Development
and Climate Change Department, Asian Development Bank

Keynote Address  

Scott Rozelle, Helen F. Farnsworth Senior Fellow and the co-director of the Rural Education
Action Program, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University 

Panel Discussion
Clarissa Delgado, CEO, Teach for Philippines
Md. Saidur Rahman, Professor & Former Head Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University
Meekyung Shin, Education Specialist, Asian Development Bank

Deep Dive 2: Urban/Controlled
Environment Farming—New
Window for Fresh and Nutritious Food                               
Keynote Address  
William Dar, Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Philippines

Panel Discussion
Sairam Reddy Palicherla, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, UrbanKisaan
Farms Pvt Ltd.
Maria Tran, Senior Project Officer (Urban Development), Asian Development Bank 
Gerald Glenn Panganiban, National Program Director for Urban Agriculture at Department of Agriculture - Philippines




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