The Australian International Food Security Centre (AIFSC) focuses on accelerating research delivery and adoption of innovations for food security. The AIFSC works in 10 countries in Africa through partnerships to achieve outcomes like increased food production, income, and improved nutrition. Interventions support smallholder farmers and households and aim to increase access to agricultural innovations, markets, knowledge, and nutritious food while building individual and institutional capacity.

2. The Australian International
Food Security Centre
Ms Mellissa Wood
Director, AIFSC

3. Accelerating research delivery and adoption of
innovations for food security
• Bridging research and
development
• Delivering through
partnerships
• Strategic focus

4. AIFSC focus countries
• Burundi
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Rwanda
• Uganda
• Tanzania
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

5. Impact Sufficient, accessible and nutritious food
Outcomes Increased food Increased income Improved nutrition Improved access Increased
production and diversity in to knowledge institutional and
diets individual capacity
Outputs of Greater Better Better Increased Innovations in Critical mass
interventions access to market informed and access to more information trained to address
for smallholder female agricultural access and supported nutritious and and knowledge food security
and male farmers and innovations returns, and policy safe food and delivery and issues, enduring
other poor households stronger development reduced post facilitated institutional
value chains harvest loss partnerships partnerships
Focus of interventions Accelerating research delivery and adoption of innovations for food security
Sustainable Markets, value Food nutrition Communica- Education, trai
and productive chains and and safety tions and ning and
Program themes farming social systems knowledge capacity
systems management building
(research) (capacity building)
D
Broad platform “Food security” = availability, access and utilisation
Policy frameworks MDGs, CAADP, in-country priorities, Australian Aid Frameworks

6. Thank you