26 - 28 July 2021. Rome. Pre-Summit of the UN Food Systems Summit
The Pre-Summit of the UN Food Systems Summit set the stage for the culminating global event in September by bringing together diverse actors from around the world to leverage the power of food systems to deliver progress on all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
26 July 2021. UNFSS main session: Agroecology for Food Systems Transformation
- H.E. Moussa Balde, Minister of Agriculture & Rural Development, Senegal
- H.E. Julien Denormandie, Minister of Agriculture and Food, France
- Mr. Papa Abdoulaye Seck, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to FAO, IFAD and WFP, Senegal
- Ms. Rachel Bezner Kerr, Professor of Global Development, Cornell University, US
- Mr. Vijay Kumar, Vice-Chair on Producers, UNFSS Champions Network, India
- H.E. António Francisco de Assis, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Angola
- H.E. Dr. Miguel J. Garcia-Winder, Ambassador, Mexico
- H.E. Mahindananda Althugamage, Minister of Agriculture, Sri Lanka
- Ms. Ma. Estrella Penunia, Secretary-General, Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA)
- Ms. Musonda Mumba, Chief of the Terrestrial Ecosystems, UNDP
- Mr. Emile Frison: Independent Consultant, Agriculture, biodiversity and sustainable food systems. Member of the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES), co-lead of UNFSS solution cluster Agroecology
This solution cluster is putting forward agroecological and regenerative agriculture approaches as a key lever to transform food systems, guided by the 13 principles of agroecology set out in the HLPE (2019) report. - Dr. Joao Campari, Global Leader of WWF's Food Practice, leading the Network´s efforts to enhance the sustainability of the global food system, Action Track 3 Chair of the UN @FoodSystems Summit
- Sandrine Dixon-Declève, Senior Associate and faculty member of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). Action Track 5 Chair of the UN @FoodSystems Summit
27 July 2021. UNFSS affiliated session: Strengthening Food Systems
Transformation through Agroecology
- Learn from dedicated farmers, governmental representatives and financial supporters how agroecology works for them in practice and how they overcame obstacles and limitations for its implementation and upscaling.
- Share your support to agroecological approaches as a key concept for food systems transformation, get to know and join various agroecological initiatives, and invite others to act.
- Opening and welcome
Louise Luttikholt, IFOAM Organics International (Moderator) - Keynote speech «Why we need an agorecological transformation»
Urs Niggli, UNFSS Scientific Group and CSN FAO - Section 1: Practitioners
- Video messages from practitioners
- Presentation «What farmers need to adopt agroecology»
- Participant interaction
- Section 2: Governments
- Video messages from governments
- Participant interaction
- Interview with policy makers from Switzerland and Costa Rica
Roberto Azofeifa, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Costa Rica - Section 3: Investment
- Presentation «Investing in food systems transformation based on agroecological principles»
- Participant Interaction
- Keynote speech «How agroecology can guide the UNFSS»
Fergus Sinclair, CIFOR-ICRAF and Transformative Partnership Platform on Agroecology
Related:
Urs Niggli, Martijn Sonnevelt, Susanne Kummer (2021) Pathways to Advance Agroecology for a Successful Transformation to Sustainable Food Systems, Food Systems Summit Brief
Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the
Food Systems Summit
June 2021, 22 p.
There is growing evidence from literature highlighting the need for collective action and coordination at the local level to create favourable socio-technical conditions for agroecological transition. Supporting the emergence of long-term partnerships and coalitions with a focus on agroecology, local ownership, and the meaningful involvement of social movements and farmers’ organizations is important.
Ensuring policy coherence to create a conducive policy context for agroecology. The recommendations are:
26 July 2021. Agrobiodiversity for a sustainable future. UNCCD, CGIAR/Alliance of Bioversity
International and CIAT, UNCBD, UNFCCC, IFAD, Croptrust, ITPGRFA
This session discussed the challenges and opportunities for increasing the use and conservation of agrobiodiversity to transform food systems into sustainable, equitable and resilient ones. As part of the discussion, representatives from the UNFSS solution clusters on agrobiodiversity presented the ideas and propositions generated as part of the preparation process to the UN Food Systems Summit and gather feedback from the audience.
- Develop a coherent policy framework based on an holistic performance accounting system covering nutritional aspects, environmental impact and long-term stability of the system;
- Re-direct government support measures (direct payments, investment subsidies, contributions to research, education and advisory services towards agroecology;
- Making use of existing public purchasing obligations to support sustainably produced food.
International and CIAT, UNCBD, UNFCCC, IFAD, Croptrust, ITPGRFA
- Moderator: Juan Lucas Restrepo, Director General, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT; Global director, Partnership and Advocacy, CGIAR
- Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary, UNCCD
- Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC
- Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, UNCBD
- Carlo Fadda, Research Director, Biodiversity for food and agriculture, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, CGIAR
- Stephan Schmitz, Executive Director, The Global Crop Diversity Trust
- Rikke Olivera Grand, Senior Global Technical Specialist, IFAD
- Kent Nnadozie, Secretary, International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
- Florence Jeantet, Managing director, OP2B
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