UNFSS 2021
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Getting to ‘Five Servings Per Day’
A strategy of "push" and "pull" actions and policy solutions to encourage better nutrition.
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Funding Food System Transformation in Developing Countries: An example from Ethiopia
Virtual Event: SEP 24, 2021- 08:00 AM to 09:30 AM EDT. This event will inform discussion of CGIAR work, developed for the UNFSS, on potential sources of funding for food systems transformation activities.
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All hat and no cattle? Accountability following the UN Food Systems Summit
Getting follow-through on key global commitments.
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$15.2 billion in research and innovation investments can put global climate and hunger goals within reach
A new report shows how targeted spending can have significant global benefits.
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The devolution revolution paradox: Greater accountability, lower spending on agricultural services
A potential obstacle to food system transformation at the local level.
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Bold actions for gender equality and women’s empowerment in food systems
Women are demanding change – how to achieve it.
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Mapping evidence of food system transformation for healthier diets: What works?
Surveying which innovations work best to build better nutrition.
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Improving food donation policies is key to fighting food waste
Ways to craft incentives to encourage more giving.
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UNFSS Independent Dialogue: The Critical Role of Agricultural Extension in Advancing the 2030 Agenda: Lessons from the Field and Empirical Evidence
Virtual Event: AUG 6, 2021 – 07:00 AM to 09:30 AM EDT. The objective of this dialogue is to come to a common understanding of how extension can contribute to the SDGs and adapt to future needs.
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UNFSS Science Days: Groundwater can play a key role in transforming Africa’s food systems
A crucial resource for improving food security, nutrition, and long-term prosperity.
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UNFSS Science Days: Reforming agricultural policies to support food systems transformation
Supporting food system transformation by redirecting farm subsidies that can reduce carbon footprints, boost resilience, improve food & nutrition security, and enhance poverty reduction & equity.
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UNFSS Science Days: Promise of the commons for sustainable and equitable food systems
Better management of shared natural resources can boost food system transformation.
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Financing food systems transformation
Virtual Event: July 13, 2021 – 09:30 AM to 11:00 AM EDT. This event will bring together a group of experts to discuss options for mobilizing and utilizing funding to finance food systems transformation.
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UNFSS Science Days Side Event: Transforming Food Systems from the Ground Up: The Potential of Groundwater in Achieving Food Security and Prosperity in Africa
Virtual Event: July 6, 2021- 07:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT. The session will include an overview of key issues as well as two case studies from Africa followed by a panel discussion of African policymakers.
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UNFSS Science Days Side Event: Promise of the Commons for Sustainable and Equitable Food Systems
Virtual Event: July 7, 2021 – 07:00 AM to 08:00 AM EDT. This side event will present evidence from a new study of the value of ecosystem services from the commons in India.
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UNFSS Science Days Side Event: COVID-19, food systems, and One Health in an urbanizing world: Research responses at a national level
Virtual Event: July 6, 2021- 09:30 AM to 11:00 AM EDT. This event will highlight how technologies and policies in the agri-food sector can help improve food and nutrition security for the world's growing urban populations.
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UNFSS Science Days Side Event: Gender Equality, Women’s Empowerment, and Food Systems
Virtual Event: July 6, 2021- 07:00 AM to 8:00 AM EDT. This policy seminar presents the main findings of the UNFSS brief that assess the current evidence on pathways between gender equality, women's empowerment, and food systems.
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Nine more harvests to transform our food systems: Let’s make them count for everyone, everywhere, and for all time
The Action Track Chairs for the UN Food Systems Summit on next steps for change.
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UNFSS Science Days Side Event: Reforming Agricultural Policies to Support Food Systems Transformation
Virtual Event: July 7, 2021- 09:30 AM to 11:00 AM EDT. Discussion about how agriculture policies could more effectivley meet the increasing demand for sustainably produced food, facilitate more nutritious diets, and promote better livelihoods.
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CIP discussion: Agricultural innovation, the key for bridging R&D with impact at scale
Bringing new technologies to smallholders is key to food system transformation.
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The transformational role of science for the UN Food Systems Summit agenda
Fostering research and innovation is crucial to meet 21st century challenges.
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Smallholder and agrifood SME resilience to shocks: Lessons from COVID-19 for the UN Food System Summit
Farmers and small businesses show both vulnerabilities and a capacity to adapt.
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Digital innovations accelerated by COVID-19 are revolutionizing food systems: Implications for the UN Food Systems Summit
Lessons from how food supply chains adapted to pandemic stresses.
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Seven solutions to jointly improve water security and food systems outcomes
Protecting and sustaining a resource integral to life on earth.