World Circular Economy Forum 2018 Japan Wecf2018 Akmal Siddiq 22 october 2018

1. Akmal Siddiq
Chief, Rural Development and Food Security Thematic Group
Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines
World Circular Economy Forum 2018
Yokohama, 22-23 October
Strategic Directions for
Agriculture and Natural Resources

2. Outline
1. Programs and Approaches
2. General Business Opportunities
3. Road to Strategy 2030

3. Programs
and Approaches

4. Focus and Action Areas: Agriculture and Natural Resources
Action Areas
Agricultural
Value Chains
High-Level
Technologies
Climate-Smart
Agriculture
Operational Support
Technical
Inputs
Knowledge
Sharing
and
Learning
Partnerships
and Cross
Synergies
Safe,
nutritious,
and
affordable
access to
food for all
OutcomeOperational
Plan 2015-
2020
Increased productivity and
reduced food losses
Improved market
connectivity and value
chain linkages
Enhanced food safety,
quality and nutrition
Enhance management and
climate resilience of natural
resources

5. 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Sovereign 543,52 408,96 671,20 1 272,0 836,34 661,70 752,76 1 134,7 1 989,7 3 028,8
Non Sovereign - - - 49,10 143,20 534,00 98,00 266,00 180,00 216,40
$544
$409
$671
$1,321
$980
$1,196
2009-2017 ADB Investments in Agriculture and
Natural Resources and 2018 Pipeline Investments
($million)
$851
$1,401
$2,170
$3,245

6. 2017 ADB Investments ($million)
CWRD,
$274,6 m
EARD,
$343,0 m
PARD,
$0,8 m
SARD,
$376,8 m
SERD,
$994,6 m
PSOD,
$180,0 m
2017 Agriculture and Natural Resources
Investments ($2,170 million)
CWRD= Central and West Asia Department; EARD= East Asia Department; PARD= Pacific
Department; SARD= South Asia Department; SERD= Southeast Asia Department; PSOD=
Private Sector Operations Department

7. General Business
Opportunities

8. Investment Focus 2018-2020
• Agriculture, natural
resources and rural
development
• Agriculture drainage
• Agricultural policy,
institutional and capacity
development
• Agricultural production
• Agro-industry, marketing
and trade
• Fishery
• Forestry
• Irrigation
• Livestock
• Rural flood protection
• Rural market
infrastructure
• Rural water policy,
institutional and capacity
development

9. 2018-2020 Pipeline Investments by
Subregion ($million)
CWRD,
$951,1 m
EARD,
$780,0 m
SARD,
$933,7 m
SERD,
$364,1 m
PSOD,
$216,4 m
2018 Agriculture and Natural Resources
Investments ($3,245 million)
CWRD= Central and West Asia Department; EARD= East Asia Department; PARD= Pacific Department;
SARD= South Asia Department; SERD= Southeast Asia Department; PSOD= Private Sector Operations
Department

10. (continued)
2018-2020 Pipeline Investments by
Subregion ($million)
CWRD= Central and West Asia Department; EARD= East Asia Department; PARD= Pacific
Department; SARD= South Asia Department; SERD= Southeast Asia Department; PSOD= Private
Sector Operations Department
CWRD,
$627.1 m
EARD,
$570.0 m
PARD,
$3.3 m
SARD,
$814.3 m
SERD,
$709.7 m
PSOD,
$400.0 m
2019 Agriculture and Natural Resources Investments
($3,124 million)

11. (continued)
2018-2020 Pipeline Investments by
Subregion ($million)
CWRD= Central and West Asia Department; EARD= East Asia Department; PARD= Pacific Department; SARD=
South Asia Department; SERD= Southeast Asia Department; PSOD= Private Sector Operations Department
CWRD,
$755 m
EARD,
$325 m
SARD,
$1,541 m
SERD,
$1,222 m
2020 Agriculture and Natural Resources Investments
($3,843 million)

12. Road to Strategy 2030

13. Strategic Directions for Agriculture
and Natural Resources
• Improve farm productivity and efficiency—knowledge work and
adoption of latest technologies
• Strengthen policy dialogues and partnerships—formulate
institutional and policy reforms that incentivize private investments
in agriculture
• Strengthen operations in:
▪ Agriculture value chains—build market infrastructure and
market connectivity; improve supply chain efficiency
▪ Use of high-level technologies—use of satellite- and drone-
assisted applications, ICT for efficient resource management
▪ Climate-smart agriculture—build climate-resilience and
promote efficient use of water and energy
• Formulate and implement food safety policies and
standards—build quality control laboratories, use ICT in food
traceability and tracking
• Propose ADB trust fund facility—to support Strategy 2030
initiatives
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14. Contact Person
Akmal Siddiq
Chief of Rural Development and Food Security
(Agriculture) Thematic Group
asiddiq@adb.org
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