#SFSPConference
On site side events (virtual)
25/04 Deforestation-free agricultural commodity production and trade
- by UNDP
141 countries, containing 90% global forest coverage, are also signatories to the Glasgow Declaration on Forest and Land Use committed to “halt and reverse” forest loss and land degradation by 2030 while at the same time “delivering sustainable development and promoting an inclusive rural transformation.
This side event, organised by WWF and GAIN, brought together leading organisations, experts from across the globe, and a handful of ‘champion countries’ to work together on using a holistic approach for accelerating implementation of national pathways and food systems transformation at the national level.25/04 Food Systems Pathways: A Holistic Approach for Accelerating Implementation
25/04 Guiding multi-stakeholder collaboration for sustainable food systems transformation
- organised by Co-organizers: FAO, UNDP, WWF, Rikolto, and The Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT
UNEP, FAO, and UNDP have developed A guide on multi-stakeholder collaboration that aims to support stakeholders working at all levels of the food system in the implementation of the National Pathways for Food Systems Transformation, (WILL BE PUBLISHED MID MAY 2023) The side event presented the 5 building blocks underpinning successful multi-stakeholder collaboration for food systems transformation followed by a panel discussion to share good practices from multi-stakeholder initiatives operating in different geographical locations. The event will conclude with a wrap-up of the panel discussion and recommendations on how to overcome challenges in multi-stakeholder collaboration, with an emphasis on post-UNFSS processes.
25/04 Connecting the dots: how can the National Biodiversity Strategies and Actions Plans (NBSAPs) and the UNFSS pathways help implement the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at the country level and accelerate food systems transformation?
- organised by CGIAR, WWF, Co-organizers: Crop Trust, UNEP
This side event discussed how the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF) can be triggered down to the country and subnational levels through existing instruments such as the CBD National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) and the national pathways for food systems transformation resulting from the UNFSS.
This side event discussed how the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF) can be triggered down to the country and subnational levels through existing instruments such as the CBD National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) and the national pathways for food systems transformation resulting from the UNFSS.
25/04 Cities and local governments accelerating cohesive and inclusive food systems transformation & Sustainable Food System Transformation in a Change Climate
- organised by FAO & African Smart Cities Innovation Foundation Co-organizers: African Sunrise Alliance Investments, UNEP, GAIN, Rikolto, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, and the RUAF global partnershipFAO, together with partners, is developing a guidance note / framework for action on how to establish multi-level food systems governance mechanisms to strengthen the engagement of local governments in the implementation of food systems national pathways and the achievement of SDGs (especially SDGs 2 and 11). The guidance note will be used as a capacity building tool to assist local and national government. The side-event will debate and collect critical feedback on the development of this instrument.
25/04 True Cost Accounting (TCA) in Action: Creating roadmaps to measure and drive food systems transformation
- organised by Global Alliance for the Future of Food
This session featured recent case studies to demonstrate the potential for True Cost Accounting (TCA) to guide integrated policy actions to transform food systems. Participants built practical understanding of how to use TCA as a tangible and actionable approach to enable progress toward the SDGs and guide implementation of countries’ UNFSS National Food Systems Pathways commitments.
This session featured recent case studies to demonstrate the potential for True Cost Accounting (TCA) to guide integrated policy actions to transform food systems. Participants built practical understanding of how to use TCA as a tangible and actionable approach to enable progress toward the SDGs and guide implementation of countries’ UNFSS National Food Systems Pathways commitments.
25/04 Harnessing the potential of agroecology in Southeast Asia to transform food systems to
become sustainable
- organised by Viet Nam Academy of Agriculture Science Co-organizers: CIRAD, FAO, ESCAP, IPSARD (Vietnam), GDA (Cambodia), Swisscontact, GRET, IRD
- explored agroecological (AE) innovations and pathways as key approach for FS transformation which positively impacts a range of SDGs.
- built on a broad-based R4D and UN agencies led consortium that draws from the Agroecology and Safe Food Systems Transition (ASSET) project partnership and the Transformative Partnership Platform (TPP) on Agroecology, hosted by CIFOR-ICRAF and co-convened with CIRAD, INRAE & Agreenium.
- featured speakers from Government, UN agencies, AE Coalition, research agencies, farmer organizations and civil societies, who play key roles in promoting AE transition at all levels. T
- showcased a diverse range of AE initiatives from SEA countries and discusses how different combinations of the 13 actionable AE principles in the HLPE report (2019) set the framework guiding sustainable agriculture and food systems.
Shared resources:
Landscape Management and Conservation Agriculture Development for Eco-Friendly Intensification and Climate Resilient Agricultural Systems in Lao PDR (EFICAS project)
This brief provides background information on the development and local experiences with conservation agriculture in Cambodia, outlines major obstacles to the expansion of conservation agriculture and concludes with a list of actionable, bottom-up recommendations to promote conservation agriculture in Cambodia.
PAEPARD blogpost: Social Policy Ecology Research Institute (SPERI) of Vietmam and agroecology: upland farmers' in Vietnam find themselves locked in a poverty trap of producing unproductive (small tubers) cassava for the market while depleting the upland soils. This is symptomatic for how farmers can be locked in and not benefit of innovation or research.
This conference panel explored the importance of mindset and operating models in modernizing the food system.
Who controls the food we eat? Deep power asymmetries in food system governance block the transformation we need. At this event, the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) will launch a new publication: “Who’s Tipping the Scales?”, share their findings on the power imbalances that challenge democratic decision-making on food, and propose transformative governance reforms needed to address them.
IPES (2023) Who’s Tipping the Scales? Rebalancing power for democratic food system governance #
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The event will present the recent Sourcebook on UPA (FAO, Rikolto and RUAF), and demonstrate how UPA can be used as a lever and entry point for holistic food systems transformation through integrated urban planning, based on circularity, multi-level and territorial coordination, multi-stakeholder approach, data-driven and evidence-based decision-making, and thorough understanding of trade-offs. Cities (Bandung, Kampala, Antananarivo, Nairobi and Chengdu) will share success stories and best practices, unpacking their contributions to national pathways to food systems transformation.
This side event will launch the discussion paper, "Nutrition and the environment: Nurturing people, protecting the planet" developed under the umbrella of UN-Nutrition thanks to the UNEP and other Member Agencies. It will showcase good practices that support co-benefits for nutrition and the environment from cities and regions around the world.
VIRTUAL SIDE EVENTS
24/04 @01:00 PM CEST. Modernizing Mindset & Operating Models for Food System Actors
This conference panel explored the importance of mindset and operating models in modernizing the food system.
24/04 @01:00 PM CEST. Transforming territories: The approach of Organic Districts as living laboratories for inclusive sustainable food systems
How Organic Districts transforms food systems locally and realise the economic and sociocultural potential of its communities, based on organic principles and practices: Evidence from the four corners of policy, science, training, practice and snapshots from diverse Organic Districts in the Philippines, Tunisia, Argentina, Portugal, Mediterranean and Nordic countries.25/04 Report Launch: Who’s Tipping the Scales? Rebalancing power for democratic food system governance
Who controls the food we eat? Deep power asymmetries in food system governance block the transformation we need. At this event, the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) will launch a new publication: “Who’s Tipping the Scales?”, share their findings on the power imbalances that challenge democratic decision-making on food, and propose transformative governance reforms needed to address them.
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- Read the briefing note ( EN | FR | ES )
- This is the third of a series of briefings on global governance of food systems.
- ‘Who’s Tipping the Scales?’ finds that corporate control over our food has become the norm.
- Corporations have unduly shaped the institutions, policies and norms that govern our food systems. From academic curricula to healthy diet initiatives to high-level advisory bodies – signs of corporate influence in food systems are now pervasive.
- As transnational food and farming companies grow ever bigger their playbook is evolving, and their ability to set the agenda is increasing. They have convinced governments they must be central in any discussion on the future of our food.
- Responding adequately to the ongoing food price crisis, worsening hunger, and the climate crisis requires acting against powerful vested interests. Yet that entails decision-making that is free from corporate overreach and that serves the demands of communities most in need.
Molly Anderson
IPES-Food Panel Member and Food Studies Chair at Middlebury College
Lim Li Ching
IPES-Food Co-Chair and Senior Researcher at Third World Network
Related:
- Read the first briefing An 'IPCC for food'? ( EN | FR | ES )
- Read the second briefing, 'Smoke & Mirrors' ( EN | FR | ES )
- Read the special report: IPES (2023) Breaking the Cycle of Unsustainable Food Systems, Hunger, and Debt: A special report ( EN | FR | ES ) + Read a one page summary for policymakers ( EN )
This special report shows how today's unsustainable and inequitable food systems are a key contributor to a spiralling debt crisis. Import dependencies, extractive financial flows, boom-bust commodity cycles, and climate-vulnerable food systems are combining to destabilize the finances of the world's poorest countries. It calls for comprehensive debt relief in tandem with food system transformation.
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