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World Bank Tokyo Seminar “Insect and Hydroponic Farming in Africa: The New Circular Food Economy”

December 8, 2022
Tokyo, Japan

Insect and hydroponic crop farming, for both human food and animal feed, have the potential to increase access to nutritious food, while creating millions of jobs, improving the climate and the environment, and strengthening national economies, according to a new World Bank report ”‘Insect and Hydroponic Farming in Africa: The New Circular Food Economy”. 

At this seminar, lead author of the report Dorte Verner, World Bank Lead Agriculture Economist, introduced the main points of the report. 

Date/Time:

12pm-1pm, Thursday, December 8, 2022 (Japan Standard Time) 

Speaker:

Dorte Verner
Lead Agriculture Economist for Eastern Africa, Food and Agriculture Global Practice, World Bank 

 

Presentation material

Insect and Hydroponic Farming in Africa: The New Circular Food Economy (PDF)

Event Details

  • DATE/TIME: 12pm-1pm, Thursday, December 8, 2022 (Japan Standard Time)
  • VENUE (for on-site participants): World Bank Tokyo Office, 14th Floor, Fukoku Seimei Building, 2-2-2 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan (Please refer "ACCESS" in RELATED below)
  • FORMAT: Online (livestreaming via YouTube)
  • LANGUAGE: English (without interpretation into Japanese)
  • CONTACT: Koichi Omori, World Bank Tokyo Office 
  • komori@worldbankgroup.org