AgriFood &
Environmental Systems.
Building resilient food and environmental systems. We engineer resilient, cross-border food systems and ecological resilience strategies to address climate-driven disruption.
Operational Research Labs
Unit 04 is divided into two two research labs focused on resource sovereignty.
AgriFood & Food Sovereignty
Lab 04-A is currently in development. Research activity in cross-border food systems and tropical agricultural resilience is being scoped. Partnership and collaboration enquiries are welcome
Focusing on high-yield agricultural resilience and the analysis of cross-border supply chain integrity in tropical regions.
The Wicked Problem
How do we engineer resilient, cross-border food systems that ensure food security, even as tropical and vulnerable regions face economic shocks and supply chain collapse?
Environmental Systems & One Health
Lab 04-B
Advancing climate adaptation, ecosystem dynamics, and critical water infrastructure management under a One Health lens.
The Wicked Problem
How do we secure critical water infrastructure and mitigate climate-driven ecological degradation while preventing zoonotic health risks at the environmental intersection?
Node Leadership
Unit 04 is led by a specialist in ecological systems and agricultural resilience.
Sovereign Partner Node
Strategic Lead: AgriFood (Pending Confirmation)
Research in this lab is designed for state-level tropical agriculture resilience. Final appointment of the sovereign lead node is currently under diplomatic review.
Kanan Puntambekar
Strategic Lead, Environmental Systems
A specialist in ecosystem dynamics and water management, Kanan directs IHRI’s environmental research agenda, integrating climate adaptation with the One Health One Health framework.
Strategic Research Vectors
Unit 04 maintains an active research mandate investigating the economic and operational viability of planetary infrastructure. Our outputs focus on high-stakes sovereign leadership and environmental transformation.
Vector A: Agricultural Resilience
Executing applied research in cross-border logistics and resilient yield optimization for regional food security.
Vector B: One Health & Environment
Mitigating zoonotic risk through water security and ecosystem health.
Regulatory Compliance Note
Strategic Unit 04 (AgriFood & Environmental Systems) is an independent research consortium operated by the International Health Research Institute (IHRI) under Pillar II (Applied Intelligence). Participation, research alignment, or data-sharing within this unit does not confer academic credit towards the MFHEA-accredited Doctor of Health Science (DHS) programme. For information regarding our formal MQF/EQF Level 8 degree qualifications, please refer to the Academic portal.
Partner with Unit 04
Sovereign entities and enterprise partners are invited to join Unit 04 as Research Consortia members.
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