In April-May 2024, Suresh Babu travelled to South Asia and South-east Asia for outreach and consultation activities under CACCI-Asia:
Laos
Participated in the workshop ‘Launching of Implementation Plan for the Nationally Determined Contribution of Lao PDR’ co-organized by NDC Partnership and Global Green Growth Institute on April 23, 2024 in Vientiane, Lao PDR.
Bangladesh 
In collaboration with IFPRI Bangladesh co-organized and gave closing remarks at the national consultation on ‘Food Loss and Waste Management for Productivity Gains, Food Security, Nutrition, and Climate Resilient Agri-Food Value Chains in Bangladesh’ on April 25, 2024 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. For more information, read the blogpost here.
Nepal
Co-organized and participated in the national consultation on ‘Food Loss and Waste Management for Productivity Gains, Food Security, Nutrition, and Climate Resilient Agri-Food Value Chains' in Nepal on April 30, 2024 in Lalitpur, Nepal. The issues on post-harvest loss management to mitigate the food loss and waste for productivity gains, food security, nutrition and climate resilience were discussed. For more information, click here.
Suresh Babu also gave an interview with a popular national news channel Janata TV. He discussed climate change challenges, including food loss and waste and the role of CACCI in addressing some of these challenges. To access the interview, click here.