Abid Hussain addresses water scarcity in the Hindu Kush Himalaya Region, presenting sustainable solutions to improve water accessibility and nutrition. Abid presents two practical approaches: solar-powered irrigation systems and spring revival protocols. By implementing these interventions combined with improved farming techniques and rigorous monitoring, water availability, livelihoods, and food and nutrition security can be enhanced. Abid highlights the challenges, particularly in the implementing spring revival protocols, and the crucial role of multi-disciplinary collaboration between institutions and other relevant stakeholders.

The third edition of the Knowledge Exchange Series will follow the same format of pre-recorded expert videos to be viewed by participants prior to the engaging 90-minute dialogue session. Each session will bring on a relevant, timely and vital theme around the nexus of nutrition, climate and agrifood system transformation. Building upon the previous series on India and responding to the demand from the practitioners in the South Asia region, this edition encompasses the challenges and solutions for the entire region. The series will highlight innovations taking place in various countries of the region to present practical and actionable solutions on how to transform agrifood systems to address these concurrent and mutually reinforcing crises.