Richard Swannell presents the issue of food loss and waste from a regional perspective. After giving an overview of the scale of the issue in South Asia, he highlights a series of solutions coming from India and Pakistan. Some of these solutions include the adoption of new technologies for improved food preservation and upcycling techniques, using food waste to produce innovative, high-nutrient animal feed, and redistributing recovered food to underserved communities. The showcased solutions highlight the diverse opportunities available in addressing food loss and waste, offering pathways to improve nutrition and create more sustainable food systems.

The third edition of the Knowledge Exchange Series follows the same format of pre-recorded experts’ videos to be viewed by participants prior to the engaging 90-minute dialogue session. Each session brings 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 highlights 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.