The Committee on World Food Security normally convenes for an annual meeting in October. Due to the global pandemic, the 47th session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS 47), which is expected to take a decision on the Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition, will convene online in February 2021. The theme for CFS 47 is, 'Making a Difference in Food Security and Nutrition'.
Side events
SIDE EVENT 1 – Transforming agricultural innovation for people, nature and climate: Evidence insights for COP26 and the Food Systems Summit.
Organizers: CGIAR, FAO
450 persons participated in this webinar
- An understanding about the need to transform agricultural innovation systems to achieve SDGs related to food, climate and the environment. - Best practice approaches to transform agricultural innovation systems, based on experiences of champions.
- Key evidence gaps related to agroecology, biodiversity and agriculture, end-to-end approaches,
and investment flows and gaps, and messages from rapid evidence reviews to address these gaps. - An understanding about making commitments/contributions/pledges to transform agricultural innovation systems aligned to COP26 and the UN Food Systems Summit.
Speakers
- Chair Kanayo F. Nwanze, CGIAR Special Representative to the UN Food Systems Summit
- Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General, FAO, United Nations
- Opening presentation: Transforming agricultural innovation systems
- Rachel Glennerster, Chief Economist, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, United Kingdom
Evidence gaps and best practice approaches to transform agricultural innovation systems
- Joao Campari, Chair, Action Track 3 - Boost Nature Positive Production at Scale, United Nations Food Systems Summit and Global Leader of Food Practice, WWF
- Jyotsna Puri, Director, Environment, Climate, Gender, Youth, Nutrition and Social Inclusion, IFAD
- Thanawat Tiensin, Permanent Representative of Thailand to the FAO, IFAD and WFP
- Ishmael Sunga, Chief Executive Officer, Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU)
- Kundhavi Kadiresan, Managing Director, Global Engagement and Innovation, CGIAR System Organization
Shared resources:
- 26/01/2021. NEW CAMPAIGN CALLS FOR GLOBAL PLEDGES ON AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION TO REACH CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT GOALS The new ‘Transforming Agricultural Innovation for People, Nature and Climate’ campaign—part of the UK’s Nature campaign for COP26—is led by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office of the UK Government (FCDO) and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). It hopes to unlock billions of investment for more sustainable agriculture around the world.
- GDPRD (2019) FOSTERING TERRITORIAL PERSPECTIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT
- HLPE (2019) HLPE 14: Agroecological and other innovative approaches for sustainable agriculture and food systems that enhance food security and nutrition
- (2020) Improving Governance of Tenure in Policy and Practice: A Conceptual Basis to Analyze Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships for Multi-Stakeholder Transformative Governance Illustrated with an Example from South Africa
- CGIAR (2020) Scaling Readiness aims to support organizations, projects, and programs in achieving their ambitions to scale innovations
- SDC (2011) Deepening Participation and Improving Aid Effectiveness through Media and'ICTs A Practical Manual Translating Lessons Learned into Daily Practice.
- IFAD (2019) Climate Action Report 2019
01:00 PM SIDE EVENT 4 – Listen Up: Engaging Farmers in the Process of Repurposing Agricultural Policy.
Organizers: Just Rural Transition, World Bank, World Farmers Organization- The Event will better position the ‘repurposing’ agenda, as well as the centering of farmer voices, as strategic foci for policy change discussions at the 2021 U.N. Food Systems Summit, COP 26, and other global events.
- The Event will be the first of a series of farmer consultations that will together feed into the United Kingdom‘s broader efforts to raise visibility and momentum of efforts to repurpose public support to agriculture.
- For their part, participants will learn more about how food producers can be best integrated within decision-making processes around agriculture repurposing, ensuring effective, implementable, and inclusive change.
01:00 PM SIDE EVENT 5 –Ensuring the human right to adequate food for sustainable food systems
Organizers: Friends of the Right to Food Group (20 MCs), FAO, IPPC Secretariat
How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the realization of adequate food for sustainable food systems and what policy solutions can be brought to the table that can help accelerate progress towards the SDGs?
- Moderator: Mr. Juan Carlos García y Cebolla, FAO Right to Food Team Leader
- Mr. Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Mr. Gabriel Ferrero, Director General for Sustainable Development Cooperation Policies of Spain
- Video: Mr. Michel Fakhri, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
- Dr. Sania Nishtar, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation of Pakistan
- Ms. Elsa Simões, Deputy Permanent Representative to FAO, IFAD and WFP of Cabo Verde
- Mr. Hem Mulders, Global Head F&A Strategy and Policy for Rabobank
- Ms. Elisabetta Recine, Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples Mechanism Representative
SIDE EVENT 6 – Developing effective policy responses to COVID-19: what is needed and what is the role of the CFS?
Organizers: Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples' Mechanims for relation with the CFS, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate food, IPES Food, SpainThe main lessons learned and needs for policy response to the FSN dimension of Covid-19 crisis.- What the role of the CFS could be in convening its members and participants and other concerned actors to to provide global policy guidance relevant at global, regional and national levels.
- Possible pathways ahead for this initiative to be put in place.
- Michael Fakhri UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food,
- El'vis Beytullayev, Rural Economy Specialist, Sectoral Policies Department, ILO,
- Marjo Busto, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development, Philippines, CSM Women WG,
- Tyler Short, Family Farm Defenders, USA, CSM Youth WG,
- Maria Rosa Semedo, Executive Secretary for Food and Nutrition Security, Ministry of Agriculture, Cape Verde
- Gabriel Ferrero, Director General of Sustainable Development Policies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Development, Spain
- The event was moderated by Molly Anderson - IPES Food
SIDE EVENT 10 – Upholding integrated, participatory and inclusive food systems governance through the CFS and UN Food System Summit processes.
Organizers: Global Alliance for the Future of Food, Agroecology Fund, IPES-Food, Dominican Republic, SDG2 Advocacy Hub- Agreements on how to manifest the CFS governance successes at FSS.
- Appropriate mechanisms and institutional structures for adequate monitoring and evaluation.
- Importance of inclusive global food systems governance will be upheld.
SIDE EVENT 11 – Agricultural Solutions: Forging Consensus Against Linked Food Security, Nutrition, Health and Climate Challenges.
Organizers: Solution from the Land, Global Farmer Network, Global Dairy Platform, PSM- Increase awareness and understanding of pathways to better enable and integrate technology and precision farming systems with conservation and agroecology systems and practices to meet global sustainable development goals (SDGs).
- Showcase proven and pragmatic technologies, systems and practices that farmers are deploying deploy on agricultural landscapes to improve food and nutrition security while simultaneously delivering solutions to other SDGs.
- Spotlight innovative and creative partnerships involving farmers; business, academic and government partners, NGOs and civil society in achieving desired outcomes.
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