United Nations Meals Techniques Summit +2 Stocktaking Second – aspect occasion
That is an official aspect occasion to the UN Meals Techniques Summit +2 Stocktaking Second (UNFSS+2), going down on Tuesday, twenty fourth July 2023. Extra data on the UNFSS+2 may be discovered right here.
Organizers
Centre d’Étude Régional pour l’Amélioration à l’Adaptation à la Sécheresse (CERAAS), Senegal, Coalition of Motion of Wholesome Eating regimen from Sustainable Meals Techniques from Youngsters and All (HDSFS), Coalition of Motion 4 Soil Well being (CA4SH), Federal Workplace for Agriculture, Authorities of Switzerland, Meals is By no means Waste Coalition.
Background
Meals methods are chargeable for 30% of Greenhouse fuel emissions, 80% of deforestation, 70% of freshwater use, and the only best explanation for terrestrial biodiversity loss and land degradation. Regardless of having enough meals to feed 10 billion folks with over 30% of meals misplaced or wasted annually, many can not afford wholesome diets. Moreover, solely 30 crops present 95% of human meals vitality wants.
With over one-third of the Earth’s floor being degraded, the ecosystems capability to provide wholesome and nutritious meals is restricted. A strong lever, agroecology gives sustainable options to problems with soil degradation, local weather, biodiversity, meals safety and diet, together with precarious livelihoods and social inequalities, confronted by farmers and meals system staff.
Understanding linkages throughout well being, diet and environmental sustainability highlights alternatives for collaboration and producing information to name for motion to spend money on agroecology, soil, nature and folks in reworking meals methods.
Targets
The targets of the aspect occasion are:
To higher perceive linkages between wholesome soil and wholesome meals and the function of agroecological approaches and bio-circular financial system in producing meals that’s wholesome for each the folks and the planet;
To encourage actors to take aligned actions, methods and insurance policies that embrace built-in approaches and leverage synergies.
Moderator
Oliver Oliveros, Agroecology Coalition
Agroecology Coalition Nancy Aburto, Deputy Director, Meals and Diet Division, FAO
Audio system
Phrang Roy, Indigenous Partnership for Agrobiodiversity and Meals Sovereignty
Indigenous Partnership for Agrobiodiversity and Meals Sovereignty Patrizia Fracassi, Senior Diet Officer, FAO
Senior Diet Officer, FAO Leigh Ann Winowicki, International Analysis Chief, CIFOR-ICRAF and CA4SH
International Analysis Chief, CIFOR-ICRAF and CA4SH Berry Marttin, Board Member Rabobank, Member of the Meals is By no means Waste Coalition
Board Member Rabobank, Member of the Meals is By no means Waste Coalition Amadou Dialou, Ministry of Greater Schooling, Analysis and Innovation, Senegal
Ministry of Greater Schooling, Analysis and Innovation, Senegal Metin Türker, Common Director of Agriculture Analysis and Coverage, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Türkiye
Common Director of Agriculture Analysis and Coverage, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Türkiye Mariam Bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Almheiri, Minister of Local weather Change and Setting, United Arab Emirates
Registration
The aspect occasion is hybrid with in-person participation on the premises of the FAO Headquarters in Rome and it will likely be broadcasted on the UNFSS+2 digital campus. Please register right here to observe the occasion on-line.
