Imagine a future where new generations and ecosystems thrive

​FAO; WFO; IDF;

Imagine a future where new generations and ecosystems thrive

Making the national pathways to sustainable food systems the accelerator for SDGs, 13 October 2022

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 8p.

Author FAO; WFO; IDF;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

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Synopsis (short abstract) Food systems are under transformation in many countries to alleviate the impact of conflicts and diseases, including COVID-19. While many governments committed to address the exacerbated crises of climate, biodiversity loss and pollution, policy efforts are underway to make food systems more efficient, resilient and inclusive. The UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) 2021 resulted in National Pathways and urged countries and their stakeholders to adopt a context-specific food system approach in their policies and action. The GEF-7 Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration Impact Program (FOLUR) envisions a world where producing food creates sustainable environmental benefits and flourishing landscapes, a world where youth empowerment and gender equality are success triggers. FAO is working with the World Bank (leading FOLUR) and other partners in twenty-seven countries with a focus on productive landscapes and selected value chains (livestock, cocoa, corn, coffee, palm oil, rice, soy, and wheat) to achieve global environment benefits and SDGs. To this end, FOLUR will be pioneering an integrated food systems assessment methodology with a sustainable production landscape informed process, which is aligned with the ten elements of agroecology guiding the transition to sustainable food and agricultural systems. This side event will bring to light how to accelerate the UNFSS National Pathways through integrated assessment approaches for more informed decision-making across national and sub-national levels. The expected outcomes are: - To highlight the importance of adopting a sustainable food system approach and science-based assessments to inform with evidence UNFSS national pathways and succeed the race to the SDGs - To introduce selected FOLUR country projects and discuss how sustainable food systems national pathways can be accelerated - To point out how to best partner with the private sector and stakeholders to shape and move ahead gender-sensitive and youth-oriented sustainable food systems national pathways

Last updated 02/11/2022

Language English

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