06/12 Serving up a food system that works for people and planet
Enough food is produced to feed the world, yet hundreds of millions of people face severe hunger and 3 billion and counting cannot afford a healthy diet. At the same time, food systems are responsible for approximately one-third of greenhouse gas emissions. Amidst inflated food prices our food systems need urgent reform to ensure all have access to affordable, sustainable and healthy food.
There is growing momentum behind the call for food systems transformation, and this needs to radically reshape how we distribute and consume food.
- How can the consumer movement accelerate better food systems for people and planet?
- What good practice business models and collaboration
- Moderator: Carla Mucavi Representative to Kenya FAO
- Greg Garrett Executive Director Access to Nutrition Initiative
- Temitope Adegoroye
Managing Partner
Sahel Consulting Agriculture & Nutrition Limited
He mentioned the work of African Food Changemakers: African Food Changemakers is a Not-Profit organization that was founded in 2022 via a merger of two sister organizations, Nourishing Africa, and Changing Narratives Africa, both also founded by Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli in 2019 and 2021 respectively. The Mission of AFC is to enable African entrepreneurs to start and scale resilient and sustainable agribusinesses that feed Africa and the world by providing training, funding opportunities, exposure, trade linkages, and fostering a vibrant community of changemakers. - Maria José Troya Executive Director Tribune of Consumers and Users of Ecuador
07/12 Fair prices for healthy and sustainable diets
Global food prices have been in decline since March 2022, yet consumer-level prices continue to soar, as trade distortions and overconcentrated value chains are enabling record profits built on unfair food prices. This panel explored how consumer groups in Africa – where the food crisis is at its worst – have been building evidence and collaborating with competition authorities to establish solutions, producing valuable learnings for the global consumer movement.
- Willard Mwemba Chief Executive Officer COMESA Competition Commission
- Beatrice Gakuba Founder and Executive Director African Women Agribusiness Network - AWAN Africa
- Adano Roba Acting Director-General Competition Authority of Kenya
08/12 Enhancing the consumer movement
According to a UNCTAD publication, the issues of governance, human resources and professionalisation and funding are key to strengthening consumer associations. While the current global context is testing the resilience of consumer associations, how can governments facilitate the establishment and development of consumers associations? This side event will feed into the intergovernmental discussions on consumer protection at UNCTAD in July 2024.- Arnau Izaguerri Vila Legal Officer United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Beatrice Gakuba Founder and Executive Director African Women Agribusiness Network - AWAN Africa Damien Ndizeye Executive Secretary Rwanda Consumer's Rights Protection Organization (ADECOR) Felicia Nwanne Monye Chief Executive Consumer Awareness Organisation (Nigeria)
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During the event ATNI presented its business case for investing in nutrition and metrics for impact investors and learn from others in the impact investing space.
The event brought together stakeholders with expertise on the topic including donors, development finance institutions, impact investors, Agri-SMEs, NGOs, intergovernmental organizations, health professionals and more.
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Organised by the Access to Nutrition Initiative (ATNI) and co-convened with support from Eat Right India- FSSAI, NIN, Consumer Voice and CII (TBC). During the event, ATNI launched its 2023 India Index, assessing the 20 top food and beverage companies in India on their performance to increase the accessibility of healthy foods in the Indian market.
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