1. Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions
Policy Dialogue
Strengthening Social and Sustainability Sciences in Higher Education, Research and Extension for Green, Climate Resilient Agri-Food Systems in ASEAN to Meet SDGs
Dr. Ravi Khetarpal
Asia Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions
Bangkok

2. APAARI
Established in 1990
Initiative of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and most of the National Agricultural Research Institutions (NARSs) and National Agricultural Research Organizations of the Asia-Pacific Region

3. 71 members from 33 countries
APAARI Members
United Kingdom
USA
Italy
Uzb.
Iran
Syria
Afg.
India
Nepal
Japan
Bhutan
Pakistan
Mexico
Jordan
Rep. of Korea
Chinese Taipei
Dubai
Bangl.
Viet
nam
Philippines
Thailand
Laos
Ghana
Kenya
Malaysia
PNG
Sri Lanka
Indonesia
Australia
Peru
Samoa
Fiji
New Caledonia
71 members from 33 countries 3

4. APAARI Vision 2030
Strengthened Agri-food research and innovations for sustainable agricultural development in Asia and the Pacific

5. APAARI’s Strength Knowledge brokering Forward thinking/foresight
Building & sustaining partnerships/ links
Effective communication for multi-stakeholders including education system
Enabling extended agri-business and agri-services value chains
Bringing APR perspective on investment in AR4D
Professionalism with a human face, commitment and consistency of action, and transparency and openness in action

6. Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions
Challenges to documenting and improving agriculture education, research and training in higher education institutions (HEIs) and research organizations
Challenges

7. Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions
Key policy issues that must be addressed to better support higher education reform and the strengthening of social and sustainability sciences in particular
Policy Issues

8. Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions
Best practices in higher education innovation, reform and partnerships with farmers already exist, can be improved, adapted to in local circumstances and scaled up
Best Practices

9. Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions
Multi-stakeholder working to improve HEIs and strengthen capacities for agriculture and food systems education and research
Multi-stakeholder Working

10. Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions
Challenges
Diverse economies
Bureaucracy
Political will
HEIs are often too specialized

11. Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions
Policy issues
Wide gap between academia and policy makers
Development policies can not be standalone
Policy implementation with resource crunch
Policy of marrying education with soft skills often missing

12. Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions
Best practices
Need an extensive documentation
Need for Knowledge Hubs linking education with agri food innovation
Earth University model available but uptake limited

13. Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions
Best practices
Need an extensive documentation
Need for Knowledge Hubs linking education with agri food innovation
Earth University model available but uptake limited

14. Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions
Multi-stakeholder Working
Easier said than done
All stakeholders may not converge for collective action
Need for a functional stakeholder mapping
Bottom-up approach can make noise and impact

15. Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions
Concluding Thoughts Policy makers, implementers and enablers may or may not see eye to with each other Let HEIs and Research and Development organizations feel the need for each other Let us say – We can do it! APAARI is committed in this mission

16. Social and sustainable science need to marry natural science
To Sum up
Social and sustainable science need to marry natural science
HEIs need revamping
It is difficult to be simple
Knowledge landscape