Our Strategic Objectives for 2017-2021 are to:
1. Promote long-term, interdisciplinary research capacity to address key challenges in global food security, by:
- sustaining and strengthening our local network
- continuing to develop our research collaborations nationally and internationally
- public engagement and early-career events to inspire the next generation
2. Engage with stakeholders across business, policy and civil society, to:
- ensure the most appropriate framing of our research agenda for impact potential
- translate fundamental research into practical applications
- generate new funding for innovative research
3. Enhance our presence, contribution and influence, by:
- informing debate at local, regional, national and international levels
- contributing to agenda-setting for future research funding
- contributing to evidence-informed policy-making