President Droupadi Murmu will inaugurate the International Research Conference on Just and Resilient Agri-Food Systems to be organized from 9th October to 12th October in New Delhi. Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Gender Platform are going to host the four-day conference which is titled From Research to Impact- Towards Just and Resilient Agri-food Systems.
 
Briefing media about the conference today, Director General of ICAR, Dr Himanshu Pathak said that the conference, and its theme, are significant in the wake of the recent G20 Summit that unequivocally endorsed women-led development.
 
Director of the CGIAR GENDER Impact, Dr. Nicoline de Haan said that the conference will address the gender and social inequalities that lie at the heart of food systems. The conference aims to promote the sharing of cutting-edge knowledge on gender and inclusion in agri-food systems to help bridge the gap between research and practice and foster gender-equal and socially inclusive, resilient food systems.
 
Key speakers at the conference will include Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, India's G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant and CGIAR interim Executive Managing Director Professor Andrew Campbell. The conference is expected to have over 600 delegates from around 60 countries.
 
In the conference, international exhibitors and Indian women entrepreneurs will showcase their work and innovations.