Project Description

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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research, Capacity, and Influence (PRCI) is a project funded by USAID to enhance the ability of local policy research organizations to conduct high-quality food security policy research and influence food security policy more effectively while becoming increasingly self-reliant. Since 2019, PRCI in Southeast Asia has done research and provided policy forums including climate change policy process, sustainable food system policy forum, agri-food system policy analysis and communication of common agri-food policy issues and challenges. Despite achievements in establishing a solid network of research institutes committed to sustainable food system analysis in Southeast Asia, there remains imitated high-quality and reliable evidence, cross-country research that could amplify evidence to address common regional issues, and localization that catalyzes and supports local agri-food policy changes. 

Recognizing these gaps, CDRI is proud to be a participant in the PRCI Southeast Asia. This project brings together regional research partners, coordinated by Kasetsart University, to translate common agri-food challenges particularly climate change, migration, agroecological stress, remote geography, and food security in littoral areas across Southeast Asian region into evidence-based policy action and impacts through agri-food system research. This project will enhance localization by listening to the voices of community leaders and integrating local communities into the process of uncovering evidence specific to local challenges of marginal and vulnerable littoral areas often overlooked by a national lens. 

Project Objective

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1. To identify cross-country research issues and challenges to ensure food security in selected marginalized and vulnerable littoral areas of Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam (with possible extension to Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines)

2. Provide analytical tools and generate research evidence from research questions identified from Objective 1 by local researchers

3. Engage community leaders and stakeholders in the research and dissemination process

4. Influence local and regional policy by effectively communicate research evidence 

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