FIRST-SCALA Global Learning Network Dialogue

22 March 2022. Agrifood systems transformation to achieve global climate and nutrition targets: what is the implementation traction in countries? 

The Food and Nutrition Security Impact, Resilience, Sustainability and Transformation (FIRST) programme, and the SCALA programme organized a joint virtual learning network dialogue.

This Global Learning Network Dialogue brought attention to agrifood systems transformation from a climate and nutrition angle and will focus on practical country examples of advancing the climate-nutrition-social transformation agendas.

The event is tailored to all interested participants from government stakeholders, private sector actors, and all practitioners working on adaptation/mitigation strategies in the agrifood sector, including the civil society organizations and academia. Objectives

• Illustrate how the climate and food/nutrition agendas are mutually re-enforcing agrifood and social transformations.
• Describe how national and international processes and tools (UNFCCC and related NDCs and UNFSS) can advance climate, nutrition, and social inclusion results at the country level.
• Discuss practical opportunities and collaborations at the country level to bridge the climate, food/nutrition and social inclusion agendas for agrifood system and social transformations.

Panel discussion: 

Bringing different perspectives together: What is happening in Uganda that is advancing the climate agenda, food/nutrition agenda and social transformation agendas simultaneously? Where are the bright spots?

• Private sector voices: Ms. Pamela Anyoti, Co-founder, Sunshine Agro Products Ltd-Uganda 
• Consumer voice: Mr. Henry Kimera, Chief Executive of Consumer Education Trust
• Mr. Philip Idro, Director of the Upland Rice Millers & current Chairman of Rice Council of Uganda
• Government voice: Ms. Imelda Kanzomba, Principal Agriculture Officer, Gender and Climate Change Focal Point