Platform for African – European Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Global Convening on Food Systems Transformation

7–9 May 2025.
Brussels. The Global Alliance for the Future of Food is a strategic alliance of philanthropic foundations working together and with partners around the world to transform global food systems.

The Global Alliance brought together members and partners—leaders from philanthropy, civil society, and beyond—united in driving food systems transformation at the intersections of climate, health, biodiversity, and justice. This was a closed, registration-only event.

Featuring high-level, thought-provoking plenaries and strategic working sessions, the convening explored bold, collective action at this pivotal geopolitical moment and tackled urgent challenges and opportunities in food systems transformation.

Through its convenings, the Global Alliance fosters connections among partners inside and outside philanthropy with diverse change-making approaches, creating a unique space for strategic dialogue. This gathering identified opportunities for collaboration, align strategies, and tackle critical challenges together.

Setting the stage

  • Jane Maland Cady, McKnight Foundation and Co-chair Global Alliance for the Future of Food
  • Anna Lappé,  Global Alliance for the Future of Food

Context setting: grounding in the moments

  • Olivier De Schutter, IPES-food

Shifting towards Action

  • Million Belay, Alliance for Food Sovereignty Africa (AFSA)
  • Esther Penunia, Asian Farmers' Organisation (AFA)
  • Vijayan Mj, Participatory Action Researh Coalition of India
  • Faustine Bas-Defossez, European Environmental Bureau
  • Moderator:  Ruchi Tripathi, Global Alliance for the Future of Food

Parallel sessions 1

  • Bridging agendas, amplifying voices: a bold strategy for global food negotiations
  • Bridging land and sea: uniting fishers and farmers for a sustainable future
  • Confronting corporation power, ultra-processed diets and the food-energy nexus
  • Repurposing environmentally harmful subsidies: ensuring public finances work for people and planet
  • Foresight for principled food systems transformation: anticipating, assessing and inciting change
Presentation by CGIAR Integrated Partnership Board, Vice Chair Patrick Caron

Parallel sessions 2

  • Agrochemicals and the food energy nexus: tckling a fossil fuel lock-in
  • Cathalic levers for regenerative and agroecology food systems transitions
  • Confronting corporation power, ultra-processed diets and the food-energy nexus
  • Foresight for principled food systems transformation: anticipating, assessing and inciting change
  • Repurposing environmentally harmful subsidies: ensuring public finances work for people and planet

Organising for Healthy food environments

  • Carlos Monteiro, University of Sao Paulo
    (below of related video recording)


Video interview

Interview with Nancy Mugimba, National Coordinator Eastern and Southern Africa Small Scale Farmers' Forum (ESAFF) Uganda

She answers following questions:

Why is the diaspora essential for the promotion of Forgotten Foods?

How is your mother sending  bamboo shoots to the UK friends and relatives?

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