This video depicts the last session of the second day of the regional consultation on ‘’Engaging with Academia and Research Institutions (ARIs) to support Family Farmers and Food System Transformation during and post COVID-19 Pandemic in Asia’’ held on  8 and 9 December 2021. 

The video presents topics relating to how misleading information can become a threat to food security; mainstreaming agroecology in higher education institutions for redesigning sustainable food systems in Asia; enhancing capacities of the young generation in Cambodia for supporting rural transformation and agroecology; mainstreaming through ESD teaching approaches; implementation of e-learning activities at ITC Cambodia of Science, Technology, and Innovation at Kasetsart University; and assessing training needs and higher education program on agroecology and safe food system at universities in Mekong subregion.

The virtual regional consultation was jointly organized by the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), the Asian Farmers' Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD),  GRET,  with the technical assistance of the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.