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Environmental Change and Food Security in the Indo-Gangetic Plains: A Briefing and Agenda-Setting Discussion

Session 1: Introduction and presentation of regional research. Chair: John Ingram

Welcome by John Ingram, GECAFS Executive Officer, Natural Environment Research Council/University of Oxford, UK
Welcome by Dr JK Ladha, Coordinator CGIAR Rice-Wheat Consortium, India
Welcome by Glyn Davies, Director of International Affairs, Economic and Social Research Council, UK
Key Note: The importance of Global Environmental Change and Food Security for the Indo-Gangetic Plains. Professor M S Swaminathan
Introduction to food systems and vulnerability concepts; and the GECAFS regional project. Dr Polly Ericksen, GECAFS Science Officer, University of Oxford, UK
Five presentations of GECAFS IGP case studies from Regional researchers:
- IGP Case Study 1: Gujarat, Punjab, Pakistan
  Global Change Impact Studies Centre, Pakistan
- IGP Case Study 2: Ludhiana, Punjab, India
  Rajinder Sidhu, Punjab Agricultural University, India
- IGP Case Study 3: Ruhani Basin, Terai, Nepal
  Ajaya Dixit, Nepal Water Conservation Foundation, Nepal
- IGP Case Study 4: Vaishali, Bihar, India
  Gyaneshwar Singh, Gorakhupur Environmental Action Group, India
- IGP Case Study 5: Greater Faridpur, Bangladesh
  Ahsan Uddin Ahmed, Centre for Global Change, Bangladesh

Session 2: Furthering the regional agenda. Chair: Ahsan Ahmed

Remarks on the GECAFS case studies in the context of national priorities by experts from the region.
Moving forward (short comments and discussion with audience)