UNFSS. CGIAR @ UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS)

The Pre-Summit of the UN Food Systems Summit, taking place in Rome from July 26-28, 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 SDGs. 

CGIAR hosted and participate in a number of key sessions 

to highlight the System’s contributions to achieving sustainable and equitable food systems for all.

July 26, The triple challenge of meeting food, climate and biodiversity goals Main Program Shakuntala Thilsted, 2021 World Food Prize Laureate, as a panelist

July 26, Science and Innovation for Food Systems Serving People and Planet Parallel Main Program Claudia Sadoff, Executive Management Team Convener and Managing Director, Research Delivery and Impact, CGIAR, as a panelist

July 26, Advancing research and development priorities for food systems to deliver on the 2030 agenda Parallel Main Program CGIAR-led event: Mr. Juan Lucas Restrepo, Global Director of Partnership and Advocacy, CGIAR as moderator and Prof. Johan Swinnen, Global Science Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR, as a panelist

July 27, Ensuring No One is Left Behind: Equitable Livelihoods in Food Systems Parallel Main Program Kundhavi Kadiresan, Managing Director, Global Engagement and Innovation, CGIAR, as a panelist

July 27, The role of evaluation in shaping the food systems of the future: the evidence case for gender-responsive and equitable food systems Parallel Main Program Allison Grove Smith, Director of CGIAR Advisory Services Shared Secretariat (CAS Secretariat), as a panelist

July 28, Synthesis Plenary Main Program Claudia Sadoff, Executive Management Team Convener and Managing Director, Research Delivery and Impact, CGIAR as a panelist ; Jemimah Njuki, Director for Africa, CGIAR-IFPRI as a panelist

CGIAR @ the Affiliated sessions

July 26, Aquatic foods for healthy people and planet. Affiliated  session; Shakuntala Thilsted, 2021 World Food Prize Laureate, to deliver Closing Remarks

• In this Pre-Summit Affiliated Session on ‘Aquatic Foods for Healthy People and Planet,’ hosted by WorldFish and key partners, aquatic food producers, processors, traders and consumers with member state ministers came together to showcase their game-changing solutions across all 5 UN Food Systems Summit Action tracks and together with high-level decision-makers shaped commitments to harness aquatic foods to lead COVID-19 recovery and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.  
• See the list of speakers

July 26, Mobile Pastoralism Valuing Rangeland Variability: A Game-Changing Idea for Sustainable Consumption & Production from the Livestock Sector Affiliated  session; Fiona Flintan, Senior Researcher, CGIAR-ILRI, as a panelist

July 26, A Marketplace for Food Systems Solutions: Premiering the Food Systems Game Changers Lab Solutions Cohorts Affiliated Kundhavi Kadiresan, Managing Director, Global Engagement and Innovation, CGIAR, as a panelist

July 26, Integration of Frontier Technologies and Indigenous Knowledge for Food Systems Transformation: Canada-Europe-US-Americas-Asia-Africa Organization on Emerging Technologies for Societal Applications (CANEUS), Fund for the Development of Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean (FILAC), United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs) (UNOOSA), International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) and CGIAR

July 26, Towards a Zero Hunger, Nourish the Future Pledge. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), European Union (EU)

• Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
• Dr. Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, GAIN & Chair, Action Track 1, UN FSS
• Ute Klamert, Assistant Executive Director, World Food Programme (WFP)
• Ibrahim Gourouza, Grow Africa & AUDA-NEPAD
• Sanne Helderman, Lead research, World Benchmarking Alliance
• Takaaki Nishii, CEO, Ajinomoto
• Caroline Keeling, CEO, Keelings
• Hanneke Faber, President, Food & Refreshments, Unilever
• Julia Friederike Harnal, Vice President Sustainability & Governmental Affairs Agricultural Solutions, BASF

July 26, Agrobiodiversity for a sustainable future. UNCCD, CGIAR/Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, UNCBD, UNFCCC, IFAD, Croptrust, ITPGRFA

July 27, Unleashing science’s potential to transform food systems Affiliated  session; CGIAR-led and the World Farmers Organization: featuring Claudia Sadoff, Executive Management Team Convener and Managing Director, Research Delivery and Impact, CGIAR ; Shakuntala Thilsted, 2021 World Food Prize Laureate, as a panelist ; Moderated by Kanayo Nwanze, CGIAR Special Representative to UNFSS

July 27, Putting nutrition at the center of food systems transformation Affiliated  session; Shakuntala Thilsted, 2021 World Food Prize Laureate, as a panelist

July 27, How to drive global action that transforms agricultural innovation. By CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS); United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).

July 27, Tomorrow's food systems need forests and trees. CIFOR-ICRAF’s Nutriscapes

July 27, Evidence pathways to gender equality and food systems transformation. UN World Food Programme (WFP); International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO); CGIAR Advisory Services.

July 28, Accelerating Progress towards Good Food for All: Exploring a New Consensus for Smallholder Farmers Affiliated session; Johan Swinnen, Global Director, Systems Transformation, IFPRI/CGIAR as a panelist

July 28, Steering the food system summit towards full integration of blue foods for health, wealth and ecological recovery Affiliated session; Shakuntala Thilsted, 2021 World Food Prize Laureate, as a panelist