participants from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka pose for photo

The participants from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka pose for photo, as a two-day high-level Policy Forum on ‘South Asia's Agricultural Future: Scaling Up Climate-Smart Agriculture Practices for Sustainable Growth’ concluded in the Maldives on Friday. The event was organized by the Consortium for Scaling-up Climate-Smart Agriculture in South Asia (C-SUCSeS), a joint initiative between the SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and SAARC Development Fund (SDF), in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Welfare, Republic of Maldives.