ILRI in East and Southeast Asia
Hung Nguyen
Regional representative for ILRI East and Southeast Asia
ILRI Institute Planning Meeting, Addis Ababa, 17-19 September 2019

Where are we active in the region as
of September 2019
CRP A4NH
Agriculture for
Nutrition and
Health
CRP
Livestock Agri-
food system

September 2019
2019
@retreat

Priority research areas
• Food safety zoonosis
AMR
(OneHealth/Ecohealth,
Climate change), animal
health
• Genetics
• Value chains

Success story 1: Policy impact: translational research
for interventions in modernizing food systems
• CGIAR/ILRI niche - risk assessment
and policy / regulatory analysis for
fresh foods in domestic markets
• World Bank convenes overall
support to government: ILRI led
technical works
• Upcoming projects based on WB
report we led will improve food
safety for 20 million people in 3
major cities of Vietnam

Success story 2: Ecohealth, One Health resource
centers
• Long term training in Ecohealth,
One Health and food safety in
resource centers in Chiangmai
(Thailand), CENPHER Hanoi
(Vietnam), and UGM (Indonesia)
• Training post-graduate students
• Curriculum development with
partner, training by research

What are challenges programmatically to
grow the region
f) What are 2-3 recommendation for growing
the region
achievements
• Limited funding and
staffing
• Variable program
investment in the region
• Empowering region
administratively
• Toward full cost recovery
principle: child vs parent

What are 2-3 recommendation for growing
the region
Newly identified focus countries – but resource
investment in question
Country Experience Funding
opportunity
Partnership Score
Myanmar xx xxx x 14
Cambodia xx xx xxx 13
Vietnam xxx x xxx 12
Lao PRD xx xx xx 12
China xxx x xxx 12
Pacific x xxx x 11
S Asia xx xx xx 12

What are 2-3 recommendation for growing
the region
• Stronger partnership
with China, ASEAN,
Vietnam for impact
pathways
• Strategic partnership
with key donors ACIAR
for funding: ACIAR,
MBGF

What are 2-3 recommendation for growing
the region
• Decentralization
• Strategic investment in region
in senior person, joint labs
• Empowering region: admin
and resources
NBO
Addis
Hanoi