The Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations suggests that 690 million people went hungry in 2019. Even more people cannot access healthy and nutritious food. This problem is getting worse year after year as the population grows and efforts to ensure food security has led to subpar results. IFSD’s work on Agrifood Systems aims to generate research insights, practical solutions, and policy options to tackle this problem globally.
Services and activities
Community of Practice Initiative (CPI) in Food security engaging practitioners and researchers from Australia, Asia and the Pacific
Contribution to policy seminar on the impact of COVID-19 on food security in South Asia
Research contribution to a project analysing the impact of COVID-19 on agriculture and food security in Asia
Research contribution to a project analysing innovation systems transformation in natural resources management for food security and livelihoods
Advisory services to agro-entrepreneurship development
Research and policy analysis – reshaping agriculture in the context of reverse youth migration in South Asia
Training and capacity building in agricultural research and innovation systems
Agrifood Systems
Agricultural Trade Potential between Australia and India in the Post-Pandemic Era
As the fight against the pandemic reaching its peak, and confidence in opening up economies is growing, India and Australia are standing on heaps of opportunities around two agricultural trade. A new Policy Insight by
Adaptation Funding can Exacerbate Vulnerability if Not Managed Carefully
By Hemant Ojha A group of 20 experts, led by Siri Eriksen, have published a research article in World Development, sending a very strong message to the climate change adaptation donor community: That the
Conservation Agriculture can Aid Recovery from COVID-19 in the Indo-Gangetic Plains
IFSD has just launched a new Policy Insight paper the topic of conservation agriculture and how it can aid in the COVID-19 recovery process in the Indo-Gangetic Plains. The authors argue that conservation agriculture benefits
Australia’s Water Partnership across Asia and the Pacific
IFSD team participated in the Australian Water Partnership (AWO) Workshop between 3-5 February 2020 in Sydney, Australia. The AWP annual workshop was attended by 71 partner organisations from Australia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia, the
Water security and climate change in South Asia
We are providing technical assistance to Southasia Institute for Advanced Studies to conduct research on how city-level planning can be improved for climate-resilient and equitable water access in the cities of Nepal and India. Dr.
Australia-Nepal Urban Water Management Learning Forum
Although Nepal is rich in water resources, a large proportion of population still faces water scarcity. Despite access to clean water being a fundamental human right, equitable access to water continues to remain a