The International Centre for Climate and Environment Sciences (ICCES), China, co-organized an International Conference on “Innovations in Agriculture to Ensure Food Security in Changing Climate” from 23rd to 25th August 2022. The Conference was held in collaboration with the Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB), Bahawalpur – Pakistan, and National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF), Pakistan and had the patronage of Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF), Islamabad – Pakistan. The Conference was aimed at emphasizing the importance of science and technology for agricultural industry to ensure food security in the wake of changing climate, as well as to raise awareness on S&T collaboration in developing countries in the field of agriculture. Prof. Zhaohui LIN, Director of ICCES, delivered keynote speech on “Drought variation and its impact on major cereal yield: case study of Nepal”. He emphasized the need for climate modeling and international collaboration for combating climate change in developing countries. He also discussed how changing climate leads to frequent weather extremes severely damaging the global agricultural industry and leading to food insecurity. More than 100 scientists, researchers, students, policy makers and farmers from China, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Germany, Thailand, South Korea, Peru, Bangladesh and Nigeria participated in the Conference. Experts from China, Pakistan, USA, Thailand, Canada, Brazil, Germany, and Turkey participated as speakers, shared their experiences, and discussed sustainable strategies, innovations, tools and skills for achieving sustainable agriculture in changing climate.
