The UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment took place in Rome, Italy from 24 – 26 July 2023, at the premises of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It was hosted by Italy, in collaboration with the Rome-based UN Agencies (FAO, IFAD, WFP), the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub and the wider UN system.
12 Heads of State, 40 Ministers, and 400 other country delegates as well as 200 representatives of non-state actors gathered in Rome to share their updates in implementing their national food systems transition pathways. The outcomes of the Stocktaking Moment will be taken to the SDG Acceleration Summit in September.
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24/07 High-level Session of the UN Food Systems Summit : Financing food systems transformations
Since the Food Systems Summit in 2021, the global economy has continued to face multiple shocks and uncertainty. Countries are operating under volatile conditions dominated by crises and extreme weather disasters, tight fiscal conditions, increasing interest rates, and gloomy global growth prospects. Countries and the multilateral community are striving to finance emergency responses without losing track of the need for transformative investments into food systems. Low-income countries are the most challenged. Only the joint mobilization of public and private capital supported by innovative financing solutions will deliver high-performing food systems within the sustainable development agenda.
- Hassan Sheikh Mohamud President of Somalia
- Rigathi Gachagua Deputy President Kenya
- Mutale Nalumango Vice President Zambia President of IFAD
- Alvaro Lario President of IFAD
- Indermit Gill World Bank VP & Chief Economist
- Ali Bety Minister 3N, Niger
- Anne Tvinnereim Minister of International Development, Norway
- Segundo Regulado Vice-minister of Agriculture, Peru
- Chrysoula Zacharopoulou Secretary of State, France
- Muhammad Sulaiman Al Jasser President, Islamic Development Bank
- Hassatou N’Sele Vice President of Finance, AfDB
- Reji George Vice President, OLAM
- Rodger Voorhies Gates Foundation, Vice President
Agriculture and food systems are increasingly vulnerable and impacted by climate change and its effects, with cascading effects on food security and nutrition, poverty and livelihoods, particularly in Africa and Small Island Development States (SIDS). Food systems represent up to 42% of global emissions, meaning that a sustainable food systems transformation is fundamental to achieve the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals. Only 1.7% of the global “climate finance” is targeted to smallholder farmers, reflecting the need to increase the inclusivity of climate finance mechanisms.
- Kaveh Zahedi Director of the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment, FAO
- Antonio Tajani Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation, Italy (Co-Chair)
- Mariam Almheiri Minister of Climate Change and Environment (Co-Chair), United Arab Emirates
- Qu Dongyu Director-General FAO
- Ibrahim Assane Mayaki African Union Special Envoy for Food Systems
- Cary Fowler US Special Envoy for Global Food Security
- Simon Stiell Executive Secretary of the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat
- Louise Mabulo Founder, The Cacao Project
- David Laborde Director of Agri Food Economics Division, FAO
- Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani President of Mauritania
- Kaies Saied President of Tunisia
- Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister of Bangladesh
- Abiy Ahmed Prime Minister of Ethiopia
- Fiame Naomi Mataafa Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Samoa
- Mostafa Kamal Madbouly Prime Minister of Egypt
- Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed Prime Minister of Djibouti
24/07 Side Event: Towards healthy and sustainable food systems
With over 1/3 of the Earth’s surface being degraded, the ecosystems’ ability to produce healthy and nutritious food is limited. A powerful lever, agroecology provides sustainable solutions to issues of soil degradation, climate, biodiversity, food security and nutrition, including precarious livelihoods and social inequalities, faced by farmers and food system workers.
Featuring country experiences and approaches, this Side Event aimed to better understand linkages between healthy soil and healthy food and the role of agroecology and bio-circular economy in producing food that is healthy for people and the planet. It hopes to inspire actors to take aligned actions, strategies and policies that embrace integrated approaches and leverage synergies.
- Moderator Oliver Oliveros, Agroecology Coalition
- Moderator Nancy Aburto, Deputy Director FAO
- Phrang Roy Coordinator Indigenous Partnership for Agrobiodiversity and Food Sovereignty
- Patrizia Fracassi Senior Nutrition and Food Systems Officer FAO
- Leigh Ann Winowiecki Soil and Land Health Research Lead at CIFOR-ICRAF Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health, CA4SH
- Berry Martin Food is Never Waste Coalition Member of the Managing Board Rabobank Group
- Fernanda Machiaveli Min. of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture (Brazil)
- Ms. Irish Baguilat Coordinator for UN Decade of Family Farming and Women Farmers’ Agenda at the Asian Farmers' Association
- Amadou Oury Diallo Technical Advisor at the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (Senegal)
- Madeleine Kaufmann Senior Policy Advisor at the Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture (Switzerland)
- Cem Özdemir Federal Minister for food and Agriculture (Germany)
- Mariam Bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Almheiri Minister of Climate Change and Environment, (United Arab Emirates)
25/07 Building Africa's Food Sovereignty and Resilience through Sustainable Investments
The Inter Departmental Task Force on African Affairs meeting's objective was guided by Africa's quest to identify pathways and key drivers that enable sustainable and quality investments to build efficient agri-food systems to shape Africa's food sovereignty and resilience that hinges on the African Common Position on Food Systems as desired by the Malabo Declaration.
- H.E. Ms. Amina J. Mohammed UN Deputy Secretary-General
- H. E. Dr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud President of the Federal Republic of Somalia
- H.E. Dr. Bernard Goumou Prime Minister of the Republic of Guinea
- H.E. Dr. Fitsum Assefa Minister of Planning and Development of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- Hon. Ildephonse Musafiri Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources of the Republic of Rwanda
- H.E. Ambassador Josefa Leonel Correia SACKO Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy, and Sustainable Environment, AUC
- Dr. Qu Dongyu FAO Director-General
- Mr. Alvaro Lario President of IFAD
- Ms Cindy McCain Executive Director WFP
- H.E. Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki AU Special Envoy on Food Systems
- Dr. Agnes Kalibata President of AGRA
- Dr. Babafemi Oyewole Chief Executive Officer, PAFO
- Ms Ndidi Nwuneli Founder/Executive Chair - African Food Changemakers
- Ms. Folly Bah-Thibault Journalist
25/07 Value Chains for Resilient Food Systems
Food supply chains and the livelihoods of agrifood systems’ actors face increasing disruption from a range of shocks, such as droughts, floods, armed conflict and climate change. These shocks, along with long-term stresses like environmental degradation introduce risks and uncertainty throughout the agrifood systems. Building resilient agrifood systems is now imperative to respond to various shocks and unforeseen crises.
The session increased the global community's awareness of the importance of prioritizing value chain development approaches as well as recognizing the importance of nutritious, diverse and indigenous crops and the need for adaptation measures to enhance their resilience and protect them from future shock.
- Mr Máximo Torero Cullen Chief Economist FAO
- David Laborde Director of Agrifood Economics Division, FAO
- Mohamed Sadiki Minister for Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests, the Kingdom of Morocco
- Bryan Acheampong Minister for Food and Agriculture, The Republic of Ghana
- Muhammad Abdur Razzaque Minister for Agriculture, Bangladesh
- Fernanda Machiaveli Morão de Oliveira Vice-Minister of Rural Development and Family Farming, the Federative Republic of Brazil
- Cary Fowler Special Envoy for Global Food Security, United States of America
- Jean Balié Director-General, International Rice Research Institute
- Mr. Roy Steiner Senior Vice-President, Rockefeller Foundation - Food initiative Gerrit-
- Jan van Uffelen Senior Advisor Food Systems and Resilience in Protracted Crisis, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
- David Kaatrud Director Programme, WFP
25/08 Side event: Achieving sustainable food systems in a time of multiple crises
Bridging humanitarian and system change agendas, this side event recognizes the global food crisis as a major hurdle to SDG2. It serves as a call to action to urgently enhance the resilience of financial, health and environmental systems, and accelerate food systems transformation. At its core is the launch of Hesat2030, a visionary global roadmap dedicated to developing and implementing costed and evidence-based solutions that effectively transform food systems to deliver healthy diets for all in a sustainable way.
This side event synthesized lessons from the global food crisis, profile pertinent research embedded in country contexts and showcase joint advocacy to break the cycle of crises.
At its core was the launch of Hesat2030, a visionary
global roadmap dedicated to developing and
implementing costed and evidence-based
solutions that effectively transform food systems
to deliver healthy diets for all in a sustainable
way. It will synthesise lessons from the global
food crisis, profile pertinent experiences
embedded in country contexts and showcase joint
advocacy to break the cycle of crises.
See also Global Donor Platform for Rural Development : The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD) is a key partner of Hesat2030 and will provide guidance and decision-making to the project through the SDG2 Road Map Working Group. Read more about the virtual workshop held by the GDPRD and Ceres2030 in 2022 to shape this next phase of the initiative.
- Ms. Carin Smaller Shamba Centre for Food and Climate
- HE. Harifidy Ramilison Minister of Agriculture & Livestock, Madagascar
- Dr. Felix Phiri Dept of Nutrition, HIV and AIDS, Gov of Malawi
- Mr. Martin Hoppe Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
- Mr. Roger Voorhies Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Ms. Asma Lateef SDG2 Advocacy Hub
- Mr. Charles Gwegwe World Vision Malawi
- Dr. Jaron Porciello University of Notre Dame & Hesat2030
- Dr. David Laborde Agrifood Economics Division, FAO
- Ms. Francine Picard Mukazi Shamba Centre for Food and Climate & Zero Hunger Coalition
A coherent policy framework, coordinated institutional approach and stakeholder involvement are crucial for the livestock sector to meet rising demand for animal-based food and achieve positive social, economic, and environmental outcomes. The session discussed international consensus on livestock issues and priorities and offer insights into on-the-ground developments. By adopting a food system lens and sustainable practices, the sector can drive transformative change towards more productive, equitable and sustainable food systems.
- Moderator Ms Cynthia Mugo ILRI
- H.E. Mario Arvelo Steering Committee of the UN Decade of Family Farming
- H.E. Carlos Bernado Cherniak FAO Committee on Agriculture Sub Committee on Livestock
- Ms Josiane Irakarama WFO Young Farmer & INGABO Syndicate, Rwanda
- Mr Bernard Kimoro Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock Development, Government of Kenya
- Shri Parshottam Rupala Government of India
- Dr Thanawat Tiensin FAO Animal Production and Health Division
- Mr Arnold Puech D’Alissac World Farmers’ Organisation WFO
25/07 Side Event: Scaling up multi-stakeholder investments in the food systems in Nigeria
The Government of Nigeria is committed to the implementation of the food systems transformation pathways focused on collaborative and all-inclusive implementation strategy leveraging strong multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder consultations through decentralized coordination and reporting across all the six Geo-political Zones including Federal Capital Territory. This is in addition to setting up National Steering Committee involving all the six Geo-political Zones, Multi-stakeholder Technical Working Groups and Implementation Task Team.
This Side Event gave visibility on the on-going efforts, provide learnings opportunities, galvanize technical assistance, mobilize private sector and diaspora support towards implementation of Nigerian food systems transformation pathways.
- Dr Michael Ojo Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
- Dr Sanjo Faniran Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning – Nigeria
- Ms Bernadette Okonkwo President, Nigerian Fish Trawlers Owners Association – Nigeria
- Mr. Akinyinka David Akintunde AFEX Commodities – Nigeria
- Mr David Stevenson WFP – Nigeria
- Ms Nemat Hajeebhoy UNICEF - Nigeria
26/07 Partnerships for food systems convened by the Sahel and West Africa Club
The high-level leadership dialogue on Partnerships for food systems convened by the Sahel and West Africa Club and the Global Network against Food Crises shared national and regional success stories of how regional partnerships through humanitarian-development-peace nexus (HDP-N) approaches can accelerate the implementation of National Pathways in food crises contexts. In the framework of the Action Track on Resilience and the SDG pillar Partnership, the event renewed high-level political commitment to the HDP-N processes and the National Pathways, elevating regional solutions to global action to sustainably transform our food systems.
26/07 Mobilizing Means Of Implementation for food system transformation
The United Nations Food Systems Summit identified five means of implementation as key enablers in the acceleration of the transformation: finance, science and innovation, data, trade, and governance. This session looked at the challenges and opportunities for development financing for transformation and how finance and the other means of implementation should align and interact to strengthen transformative actions.
26/07 Private Sector
The private sector plays an essential role in scaling up investment needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Accordingly, the UN Food Systems Summit called for private sector investments, market-based solutions, and innovations to step up financing and shift towards healthier, inclusive, more equitable and sustainable food systems. This session looked at the achievements and challenges to scale up transformative private sector investment in food systems.
26/07 Trade
Trade is an integral part of our agrifood systems. The event's central message was the importance of a comprehensive approach that integrates trade, agriculture, nutrition, and health holistically. The primary goal was to identify priority actions, specifically in relation to the overall connection between agrifood systems and trade, in order to maximize its contributions to food security and nutrition while minimizing its potential negative effects. Additionally, the session emphasized how trade must be a central component of the necessary transformation of agrifood systems and identified the policies, regulations, and investments that must be implemented.
26/07 Side event: Science and innovation for people, planet and nature
This event outlined how international cooperation on priority technology areas identified as part of the Breakthrough Agenda can sustainably increase agricultural productivity and incomes, reduce GHG emissions, safeguard soil, water resources, and natural ecosystems, and build climate resilience. It looked at how the enabling environment–changes in governance, policy and investments—can accelerate the transformative potential of these innovations and the flow of international climate finance to deliver the SDGs and a nature-positive food-secure future.
- Moderator Mr Marcel van Nijnatten The Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Dr Ana Maria Loboguerrero CGIAR
- Dr Aditi Mukherji CGIAR
- Ms Leanne Zeppenfeldt Clim-Eat
- Dr Jyotsna Puri IFAD
- Dr Rachel Waterhouse Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, United Kingdom
- Mr Daniel Mailutha Kenya National Farmers' Federation
- Dr Rebecca Brooks Climate Champions Team
26/07 Side Event: Multi-stakeholder collaboration for FS transformation. From concepts to action
This side-event shared good practices and country experiences on how to effectively operationalise cross-sectoral and multi-stakeholder collaboration for sustainable food systems transformation. Representatives of selected countries in Africa, Asia and Europe shared their experiences in fostering collaboration between stakeholders in the context of the development, refining and implementation of the national pathways and related policies for sustainable food systems.
The session provided space for exchange about the practical use of concepts and approaches to facilitate multi-stakeholder collaboration. Panelists brought hands-on experiences in multi-stakeholder initiatives to discuss how national governments and partners can strengthen inclusive governance mechanisms that support sustainable food systems transformation.
- Session facilitator Mrs. Nicole Metz Netherlands Food Partnership
- Dr. Corinna Hawkes Food Systems and Food Safety Division, FAO
- Panel moderator Mr. Andrew Bovarnick Food and Agricultural Commodity Systems, UNDP
- Mr. Alwin Kopse Federal Office for Agriculture, Switzerland
- Dr. Augustino Atillio Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, South Sudan
- Mrs. Joyce Akpata Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Nigeria
- Dr. Truong Tuyet Mai National Institute of Nutrition, Vietnam
- Mrs. Wangeci Gitata-Kiriga Foresight 4 Food, Kenya
- Mr. James Lomax Ecosystems Division, UNEP
26/07 Side Event: Youth Leading Transformation. Accelerating Inclusive Food Systems with UNFSS
This event assessed progress made by young people, highlights the Youth Declaration on Food Systems, and explores challenges faced by young people in creating change in food systems transformation. It discussed roadblocks and innovative solutions for sustained youth engagement, aligning with the UNFSS objective of inclusivity. The focus on systemic barriers supports the FSS integrated narrative. The event contributed to national food systems transformation and UNFSS National Pathways. Outcomes included a youth coalition, a roadmap for youth inclusion and enhanced collaboration among youth leaders.
- Lana Weidgenant Campaigns and Policy Manager, ProVeg International & Youth Vice-Chair from UNFSS 2021
- Lina Mahy Technical officer in the Food Systems Unit of Nutrition and Food Safety, WHO
- Azeez Salawu Youth Representative of the Nigerian Government Delegation
- Inaya Ezzeddine Lebanon National Convener, Chair of the Sustainable Development Authority House of Representatives
- Glindys Virginia Luciano Network & Strategic Engagement Manager, Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD)
26/07 Side Event: Agrifood Transformation for the SDGs: Innovations and SMEs as the gamechangers
The event served as a platform to exchange about scalable instruments between different stakeholders and initiatives in the agrifood system. Together with partners from Governments, international organisations and business partners, the event demonstrated the importance of well-designed collaborations and the necessity to enable and catalyse innovations for an effective food system transformation, while contributing to accelerating SDG implementation in the local context.
The initiatives proposed by this event will be taken up by the FAO-SEED SDG-Agrifood Accelerator Programme.
- Arab Hoballah Executive Director, SEED
- Ms. Anne Laure Léger, General Representative Government of Flanders, Belgium
- Mr. Ralf van de Beek Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, Netherlands
- Mr. James Lomax, Programme Officer UNEP
- Ms. Hajnalka Petrics, Programme Officer FAO
- Mr. Rassarin Chinnachodteeranun, CEO Listen Field, Thailand
- Mr. Harry Malichi, CEO, Wuchi Wami, Zambia
- Mr Pradeep Punarka Shajan Farmers Fresh Zone
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