> Opening Session
> Session 1 : The future of rural areas in an urbanizing world
> Session 2 : The future of agriculture in a globalizing world
> Session 3 : Environmental challenges to agricultural development and food security
> Session 4 : Frontiers of science for agriculture in the 21st century
> Session 5 : Targeting and delivering research for marginal areas and marginalized people
> Session 6 : Policy options for the future


Opening Session

Chairperson: Zhengdong Li, Director General, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture

Opening Address

Minister Du Qinglin, Minister of Agriculture, People's Republic of China Dr. Jacques Diouf, Director General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Keynote Address

Justin Lin , Professor and Founding Director of the China Centre for Economic Research at Beijing University MS Swaminathan, Chairman of the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation

Speaker: Related Papers and Presentations: MS Swaminathan An Ever-green Revolution