PROGRAMME OVERVIEW
Programme for the UN Food Systems Summit +4 Stocktake
The overall programme and flow of the UNFSS+4 Stocktake is guided by the three objectives and priorities highlighted by the UN Secretary-General in his UNFSS+2 Call to Action:
- Reflecting on Progress
- Partnerships and Tracking Commitments
- Unlocking Finance and Increasing Investments
The programme begins with a high-level opening session, followed by a plenary dedicated to reflecting on the progress achieved in food systems transformation since the 2021 Food Systems Summit. Over the two-day agenda, each session will focus on a specific thematic food systems enabler or challenge. Topics range from investment and building resilience to harnessing the potential of school meals, climate action, public finance, and scientific innovation.
Each of the multistakeholder sessions aims to generate key messages that encapsulate lessons learned and outline actionable steps to sustain momentum. The overarching goal is to emphasize food systems transformation as a critical entry point for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to foster continued commitment and collaboration across sectors.
SESSION TYPOLOGY
Main Programme
Plenary Sessions
Meetings for all attendees, including the opening and closing sessions
Ministerial Roundtables
Policy makers as main audience & multistakeholder participation
High-level Panels
Multistakeholder sessions focusing on high-level strategic messages
Parallel Events
Featured Events
Thematic issues with specific relevance and importance to food systems transformation
Investment Dialogues
Key interventions to encourage a positive role of the private sector in food systems transformation
Side Events
Afternoon of the 27 July and during lunch break on the 28 and 29 July.
Country-led Investment Sessions
Countries showcase investment plans and programmes
SMEs-led Pitching Sessions
SMEs pitching their ideas and present investment opportunities
Stakeholder Action Sessions
Deep dives into the experiences and priorities of key constituencies
Action Day: Sunday, 27 July 2025
To kick off the UNFSS+4, a dedicated Action Day will take place on Sunday, 27 July 2025, designed to spotlight real-world examples of food systems transformation, promote knowledge exchange and partnership, and inspire collective action through evidence-based solutions and creative expression.
The programme includes:
PROGRAMME OUTLINE
Monday, 28 July 2025
Day 1 of the Stocktake will offer space for the highest political leadership to reflect strategically on global developments and their relevance to realizing the right to food globally, unpacking the multifaceted relationships between various drivers and root causes, and reaffirming the necessity to pivot towards more sustainable food systems. Inspiring experiences of impactful policy convergence will be shared by decision makers, while practitioners will reflect in depth on the enablers and barriers of ongoing transitions. A crucial enabler of accelerated efforts at-scale, finance and investments will enjoy heightened focus, structured to operationalize the outcomes of the Financing for Development (FfD4) Conference.
Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Day 2 of the Stocktake will consider emerging priorities of Day 1 under an action-oriented, accountability-driven lens. It will delve into concrete thematic approaches that act as catalysts for sustainable food systems. The closing Plenary will tie together emerging global priorities, key accelerators of national transformations, and emerging consensus amongst committed and accountable food systems actors as to the direction, objectives and milestones for the next biennium towards 2030.
Country-led Investment and SMEs-led Pitching Sessions
| Session Time (CEST) | Monday, July 28 2025 | Tuesday, July 29 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country-led Investment Sessions | SMEs-led Pitching Sessions | Country-led Investment Sessions | SMEs-led Pitching Sessions | |
| 08:00 - 08:30 | Eco-Friendly Incubator Company 08:00 - 08:30 | Caucus Room 11 Focus Area: Rechargable Incubators | |||
| 08:30 - 09:00 | SaYeTech 08:30 - 09:00 | Caucus Room 11 Focus Area: Internet of Things | |||
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Sierra Leone Minister leading/ presentation 09:15 - 10:15 | Room CR4 Focus Area: Agroforestry | Damascene Essential Oils and Products Manufacturing PLC 09:15 - 09:45 | Caucus Room 11 Focus Area: Oilseeds | ||
| 09:30 - 10:00 | ||||
| 10:00 - 10:30 | ||||
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Indonesia 10:30 - 11:30 | Room CR4 Focus Area: Rice and horticulture, fund of funds for food systems | Zanzibar Seaweed Company Limited (ZASCO) 10:30 - 11:00 | Caucus Room 11 Focus Area: Seaweed products | ||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | MASH Baby Food 11:00 - 11:30 | Caucus Room 11 Focus Area: Baby food meals and snack | |||
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Cameroon 11:30 - 12:30 | Room CR4 Focus Area: Rice, cassava, eggs, and milk | Zima Healthy Group Ltd 11:30 - 12:00 | Caucus Room 11 Focus Area: Seeds and nuts (pumpkin seeds) | Colombia 11:45 - 12:45 | CR4 Focus Area: Coffee and Cocoa | Nature Dots 11:45 - 12:15 | Caucus Room 11 Focus Area: Fruit, juice, ice cream, and dairy |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | JPACO 12:00 - 12:30 | Caucus Room 11 Focus Area: Fruit, vegetables (peppers) | Tigray Biotechnology 12:15 - 12:45 | Caucus Room 11 Focus Area: Plant Tissue Culture | ||
| 12:30 - 14:30 | Lunch 13:00 - 14:50 | Lunch 13:00 - 14:50 | ||
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Jordan 14:30 - 15:30 | Room CR4 Focus Area: Processing, packaging, and storage facilities | |||
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Sahel 15:00 - 16:00 | Room CR4 Focus Area: Irrigation for smallholder famers and market integration | |||
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Shaddai Aquaculture 15:30 - 16:00 | Caucus Room 11 Focus Area: Fish products | Ethiopia 15:30 - 16:30 | Room CR4 Focus Area: Oilseed | ||
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Rwanda 16:15 - 17:15 | Room CR4 Focus Area: Avocado, chili, irish potato, poultry, and tea | Confirel 16:15 - 16:45 | Caucus Room 11 Focus Area: Fish, pepper | ||
| 16:30 - 17:00 | XIMA DE NAMAUA 16:45 - 17:15 | Caucus Room 11 Focus Area: Maize milling | |||
| 17:00 - 17:30 | ||||
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Dominican Republic 17:30 - 18:15 | Room CR4 Focus Area: Agro-industrial Center | Entebbe Animal Care Centre 17:30 - 18:00 | Caucus Room 11 Focus Area: Animal Breeding/ livestock products (pork/beef) | ||
| 18:00 - 18:30 | Damascene Essential Oils and Products Manufacturing PLC 18:00 - 18:30 | Caucus Room 11 Focus Area: Oilseeds | |||
Side Events
Sunday, 27 July 2025 | 14.00 - 15.15
| Session | Country / Organizer | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Algeria's Saharan Agriculture: Innovations for Food Security and Resilient Desert Ecosystems | Algeria | LBR |
| Overcoming the Synergistic Determinants of the Multiple Burden of Malnutrition through Healthy Food Systems: Potentialities of South-South Cooperation in the Nurture the Future Project | Brazil | CR-3 |
| Multisectoral Governance to Scale up Impacts of Investments in Local Food Value Chains | EU | CR-5 |
| Tailoring Science, Technology, and Innovation to Local Contexts while Advancing Global Agendas: Lessons from Multi-Country, Cross-Sectoral Approaches to Agri-Food Systems Transformation | Japan | CR-4 |
| Catalyzing Change: Showcasing Nigeria’s Innovations and Collaborations in Food Systems Transformation | Nigeria | CR-6 |
| Shifting the Narrative on Blue Foods to support people, nature and climate | World Resources Institute (WRI) | SBR |
| From Aspiration to Action: Country Experiences on Mainstreaming Agroecology as Food System Transformation Pathway | Vietnam | Caucus 11 |
Monday, 28 July 2025 | 13.00 - 14.15
| Session | Country / Organizer | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Africa’s Food Systems Financing: Country-Owned Financial Intelligence and Strategies in a Changing Landscape | Benin & Rwanda | CR-3 |
| Debt & Food Security in Complex Settings: Exploring Pathways for Protracted Crisis Solutions | DRC | CR-4 |
| Accelerating Food Systems Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Livestock Farming as a Catalyst for Investment, Innovation, and Resilience | Kenya | LBR |
| Making food systems deliver where it counts | Malawi | SBR |
| Leveraging Food Systems for Rio Synergies: The Role of Multistakeholder Approaches | Germany | CR-5 |
| La transformation du système agroalimentaire : leçons d'une approche multipartite et multisectorielle en Mauritanie | Mauritania | CR-6 |
| Grounding Food Systems Transformation in Soil Health: Evidence and Cross-Sectoral Action | Uganda | Caucus 11 |
Monday, 28 July 2025 | 14.15 - 15.30
| Session | Country / Organizer | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Measuring What Matters: True Value of Food for the Italian Agrifood Chain Transformation | Italy | CR-3 |
| Partnerships that Deliver: Unlocking Investments for a Resilient and Climate-Smart Agrifood Systems in Ethiopia | Ethiopia | CR-6 |
| Breaking Silos and fueling change: Aligning Nutrition and Climate for Food System Transformation | Madagascar | LBR |
| Food is Never Waste: Advancing Food Systems Transformation through Scaling Finance and Partnerships for Food Loss and Waste Reduction | Ghana | SBR |
| From Vision to Delivery: Sierra Leone’s Roadmap for Food Systems Transformation - Lessons in Leadership, Integration, Coordination and Delivery | Sierra Leone | Caucus 11 |
Tuesday, 29 July 2025 | 07.45 - 09.00
| Session | Country / Organizer | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Accelerating Food Systems Transformation: Introducing the FST Accelerator | Mozambique | CR-3 |
| Strengthening Policy Coherence and Convergence for Food Systems Transformation: Tools, Case Studies, and Pathways | Switzerland | CR-4 |
| From Fragility to Resilience: Food-Based Solutions to Prevent Malnutrition in Crisis | Yemen | CR-6 |
Tuesday, 29 July 2025 | 13.00 - 14.15
| Session | Country / Organizer | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Strengthening Urban-Rural Linkages through Local, Traditional and Farmers Markets | Italy | CR-3 |
| Scope of Investment for transformation towards an Equitable, Resilient, and Nutrition-Sensitive Food Systems: Evidence and Action | Bangladesh | SBR |
| CIALCO: An Integrative Strategy for Transforming Food Systems through Family Farming | Ecuador | Caucus 10 |
| Empowering Laboratories to Combat Transboundary Animal Diseases and to Ensure Food Security: Role of Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Network (VETLAB Network) | Ethiopia | Caucus 11 |
| Mobilizing Investment for SDG 2: The Role of Public-Private Partnerships | Global Flagship Initiative for Food Security | CR-4 |
| From Riyadh to Mongolia: Bridging Action for Agroecology and Soil Health to Transform Food Systems | Mongolia | LBR |
| Public-private collaboration for seed system transformation | Netherlands | CR-5 |
| Putting agrifood systems strategies into practice: Learnings from the African Union Development Agency, Zambia, Rwanda, Ireland, and Chile | Ireland | CR-6 |
