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Policy briefHigher education for sustainable agriculture and agri-food systems to meet the Sustainable Development Goals in Southeast Asia: Challenges, opportunities and policy options for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Policy brief #1 March 2021
2020Also available in:
No results found.This Policy Brief is one in a series led by Chulalongkorn University (CU) with support from the Office of the Higher Education Commission (OHEC), Ministry of Education, Thailand, in partnership with FAO. The series was initiated to support the ASEAN Work-Plan on Education (AWPE), 2016-2020 implementation while Thailand was Chair of ASEAN in 2019 under the theme: “Advancing Partnership for Sustainability.” The Briefs offer critical interdisciplinary perspectives on agri-food systems from social and sustainability sciences. They are fully aligned with the regional initiative on Food System Transformation and are meant to support the work engaged with ASEAN. The first brief focuses on the potential of Higher Education Institutions in South East Asia to contribute to more sustainable agri-food systems. It highlights the need for better documentation and evaluations of tertiary agricultural education, research and extension data and impacts to properly monitor and assess SDG progress. It advocates for strengthened universities encouraging critical thinking, teaching and multi-disciplinary research on Sustainable Agriculture concepts, practices and SDGs helping students, government decision-makers and farmers to make practical choices based on reliable evidence. -
BookletOpportunities and barriers for advancing agrifood systems
Empowering young people for a sustainable future
2023Also available in:
No results found.Agrifood systems are facing increasing shocks and stresses, which puts them under immense pressure. It is crucial to recognize that these systems must prioritize more than just food production and cannot separate factors such as food processing and distribution, if they aim to maximize nutrition fulfillment for all. However, these assumptions raise the question of whether we can produce efficiently to meet rising global demand while protecting the environment and communities inclusively and more sustainably. To achieve this, it is necessary to adopt practices that can make agriculture and forestry more efficient under limited availability of natural resources. The key challenge now is to transform current agrifood systems into more resilient, sustainable, equitable and accessible systems for all. Youth – including diverse groups such as rural youth, Indigenous youth, young women, among others – play a crucial role in strengthening inclusive policy environments for driving sustainable and resilient agrifood systems. The first cohort of the Young Scientists Group (YSG) has highlighted four key enablers of youth empowerment: education, technology, science and policy. In the following report, the YSG examines these four enablers alongside five case studies and an interview, highlighting best practices and critical issues that need to be resolved immediately to achieve more sustainable agrifood systems. As the report explains, youth are better positioned as drivers and agents of change by advancing these four enablers, especially given their willingness to take risks and adopt new ideas. -
Book (series)Food safety in a circular economy 2024
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No results found.Agrifood systems require sustained growth to maintain food security for the global population, while facing unprecedented pressure from challenges of climate change and resource depletion. In this context, evaluating, holistically planning and transitioning to circularity will be critical to improve sustainability and face those challenges. While circular economy initiatives offer considerable promise in improving sustainability and increasing performance, these benefits are juxtaposed by the increasing evidence that contaminants, physical, microbiological or chemical, can get introduced, persist and potentially lead to unsafe food. Therefore, protecting food safety is key for the success of transitioning our current linear agrifood system to a more sustainable and circular one. This report provides a synthesis of current and emerging evidence of food safety risks in circular agrifood initiatives, with an aim to understand challenges and opportunities to manage and enhance food safety. Food safety has to be an equal performance indicator for any transition, requiring addressing data gaps, focusing research efforts and exploring opportunities for improving food safety outcomes. All parties in the agrifood system need to proactively do their part to ensure agrifood systems develop, by harnessing the innovation in this area, and at the same time produce safe food.
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