Hunger, malnutrition and unsustainable food-system practices persist because of policy gaps and unequal access to the knowledge and tools needed for food security and nutrition (FSN) decision-making.
This side-event takes place at the 54th Plenary Session of the Committee on World Food Security based at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Event information
This event will examine how more equitable science–policy interfaces that are inclusive of local, traditional and Indigenous People’s knowledges can advance transformative food-system action by linking scientific, technical and local expertise, social participation and collective mobilisation.
Responding to HLPE recommendations on building resilient food systems, reducing inequalities and promoting agroecology, the event will share practical lessons and tools for creating equitable knowledge systems that enable societies to ‘bounce forward’ from shocks, taking into account structural inequalities and differential vulnerabilities.
Examples include work by the Food Equity Centre and the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty showing how diverse forms of knowledge can strengthen equitable, rights-based FSN policies, alongside tools such as the Good News for Change repository and the Agroecology TPP CFS policy tracking.
Through interactive dialogue, participants will explore strategies to strengthen inclusion, participation and agency in science–policy interfaces, advancing food sovereignty, the Right to Food and resilient food systems beyond 2030.
Speakers
- Elisabetta Recine, National Council for Food and Nutritional Security of the Presidency of the Republic of Brazil, President;
- Renato Godinho, Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty – Support Mechanism, Director;
- Taru Golla Paliwal, Rythu Sadhikara Samstha (RySS), Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming;
- Sam Gudu, Migori County Agroecology Strategy, Rongo University, Kenya.
Chairing and moderation
- Alison Blay-Palmer (UNESCO Chair and Wilfrid Laurier University);
- Lídia Cabral (Food Equity Centre and Institute of Development Studies;
- Nicholas Nisbett (Food Equity Centre and Institute of Development Studies;
- Fergus Sinclair (Transformative Partnership Platform on Agroecology Bangor University).
Other organisers
CFS High Level Panel of Expert on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN)
Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty Support Mechanism
Global Alliance for the Future of Food
Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, Wilfrid Laurier University
Republic of Senegal
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