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UN to involve millions of rural people in 2021 Food Systems Summit as part of ambitious public engagement process
Indigenous communities, family farmers, rural women and youth among those invited to take a seat at the table during Independent Dialogues to help transform global food systems.
Youth movement leads the charge worldwide for food systems transformation ahead of UN summit
Young activists and campaigners have mobilized alongside experts in women’s empowerment, human rights, finance, and innovation across multiple continents to engage with the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit, which will peak in September.
UN Food Systems Summit Community launch
The UN Food Systems Summit launches an online community platform to encourage public, global conversations as part of a year-long global dialogue leading up to the milestone event to transform food systems worldwide.
Hungry for change: an open letter to national governments
Agnes Kalibata, Special Envoy for the 2021 Food Systems Summit
UN Food Systems Summit opens global conversations to crowdsource sustainable solutions
UN Special Envoy invites all sectors of society to share their perspectives and solutions for food systems that are fit for the future.
UN Food Systems Summit opens global conversations to crowdsource sustainable solutions
A 24-hour global relay conversation on World Food Day will launch the UN Food Systems Summit engagement process for the coming year.
Leading advocates for transforming global food systems named ahead of milestone UN Summit
Youth, women and indigenous peoples’ leaders are among those to join a network of Food Systems Champions, who will drive forward progress towards the UN Food Systems Summit.
Leading experts chosen to drive five priority areas for UN Food Systems Summit
The United Nations Special Envoy, Agnes Kalibata, announced experts across the fields of food, agriculture, health and climate change who have committed to advance solutions to make food systems more resilient and inclusive through the UN Food Systems Summit in 2021.
Five priority areas for action revealed as part of UN Food Systems Summit engagement process
The “action tracks” led by global experts were announced in a briefing for Member States by the UN Deputy Secretary-General to launch the Summit’s inclusive engagement process.
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