Requests for proposals to integrate AMR mitigation with climate-smart livestock and aquaculture systems in Asia and the Pacific

1. Geographic Focus: Research studies will be conducted in Asia and the Pacific region, with preference for projects in high-risk areas where climate change impacts and antimicrobial use in food production systems overlap. The projects can be set at a country, multi-country or regional level.  

2. Production Systems: We will support up to 4 research studies on aquaculture and/or livestock systems. 

3. Research Focus Areas (a minimum of 2 should be included):  

• Intervention studies: 
  • Focus on livestock and/or aquaculture production that simultaneously quantify through measurements the reduction of antimicrobial use and greenhouse gas emissions. 
  •  Focus on livestock and/or aquaculture production that simultaneously reduce antimicrobial use and improve climate change resilience 
    • Adaptation strategies in livestock and/or aquaculture farming that address changing disease patterns due to climate change 
    • Systemic approaches for integrating AMR and climate-smart initiatives at farm, local, and/or national levels 
    • Business and/or financing models for dual-purpose (AMR and climate change) interventions 
    • Enabling policy environment for integrating AMR and climate-smart initiatives at farm, local, and/or national levels 

4. Examples of potential research areas to include but not limited to: 

• Animal feed and/or feeding systems as AMR and climate smart solutions 
• Mapping common drivers of climate change and AMR emergence 
• Breeding solutions that tackle both climate change and AMR 
• Quantification of dual reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and/or climate change resilience and AMU and/or AMR 
• Educational interventions on the interplay of climate change and AMR 
• Climate smart water management and waste-water treatment with dual impact on reducing AMU and/or e AMR 
• Early warning and monitoring systems that contribute to climate-smart systems with reduced AMU and/or AMR 
• Integrated policy and/or regulatory models and comparison at different levels addressing the interplay of climate change and AMR 
• Systems and tools for data sharing on climate change and AMU and/or AMR  
• Public-private partnership models for integrated climate change and AMU/AMR interventions