Hyderabad to host international conference on climate change on Nov 2,3

The state capital, which has become the most-preferred destination for international events, is going to host yet another prestigious event, ‘International Conference on Climate Change, Water, Agriculture and Food Security’ (ICCCWAFS-2016) from November 2.

During the conference to be held at ICRISAT here, noted professors, agricultural scientists and environmentalists will discuss about the impact of climate change.They will also debate about the steps that are needed to be taken to conserve natural resources like water.

Over 70 technical papers will be presented in the meeting. Climate change, impacts and adaptation,



sustainable intensification of agriculture systems, water resource management, approaches to address food security and promoting bio-economy- are some of the themes that would be debated at the conference.

Jermy Bird, director general of IWMI, Colombo in Sri Lanka, David Bergvinson, director general of ICRISAT, Hyderabad, Nils Vagstad, director general of NIBIO, Norway, Nils Ragnar Kamsvag, ambassador of Norway, Andrew Borrell from University of Queensland, Australia, Avinash Tyagi, secretary general of ICID, New Delhi and WR Reddy, director general of NIRD & PR, Hyderabad will be the key speakers at the two-day conference.