Informing Food System Transformation with Foresight: Views from Our Country Partners

In April 2024, the CGIAR Initiative on Foresight and the Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS, Nepal) held the Foresight Partnership Forum and Training in Kathmandu, Nepal. The four-day event brought together key Initiative partners from across Asia, Africa, and Latin America to share insights on the multifaceted challenges affecting food, land, and water systems and strengthen local foresight and policy modeling capacity.

During the event, we interviewed the Foresight Initiative partners from Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, and South Africa and asked them to answer two questions: “Why did you join the Foresight Initiative and how is this partnership helping you in addressing the food systems issues in your countries?” and “How is the use of Foresight models helping you in advancing/informing strategies in your country?”

Please watch these 6 interviews to hear what our partners shared!

Episodes in this collection:

Nelson Illescas, Director (from 2017-2024), Fundación INAI, Argentina

Silvia Kanadani Campos and Vanessa da Fonseca Pereira, Embrapa, Brazil

Dr. Xinru Han, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)

Dr. Balaji SJ, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

Ifan Martino, Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas), Republic of Indonesia

Dr. Mmatlou William Kalaba, Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP), South Africa

Credits: Interviews and production coordination: Anisha Mohan (IFPRI), Evgeniya Anisimova (IFPRI/Foresight Initiative), Tsega Wolday (Alliance of Bioversity Int. and CIAT/Foresight Initiative). Video production: Antonio Montaperto.

Learn more about the CGIAR Initiative on Foresight