Confirmed Side Events

• Algeria's Saharan Agriculture: Innovations for Food Security and Resilient Desert Ecosystems // Algeria

Organizers and partners: National Chamber of Agriculture, Algeria; Office for the Development of Saharan and Industrial Agriculture,  Algeria; and the Technical Institute for the Development of Saharan Agriculture,  Algeria

• Scope of Investment for transformation towards an Equitable,  Resilient,  and Nutrition-Sensitive Food Systems: Evidence and Action // Bangladesh

Organizers and partners: Food Planning and Monitoring Unit, Ministry of Food, Bangladesh; Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN); Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO);  International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD);  World Food Programme (WFP); and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) 

• 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

Organizers and partners: Ministry of Health, Brazil; Ministry of Health, Peru; Ministry of Health, Colombia; Brazilian Cooperation Agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Centre of Excellence against Hunger of the World Food Programme; and World Food Programme (WFP)

• Scaling Up Capacity for Financial Intelligence in Africa’s Food Systems // Benin & Rwanda

Organizers and partners: Government of the Republic of Benin; Government of the Republic of Rwanda; AKADEMIYA2063; International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD); World Bank; Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA); and Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)

• Debt & Food Security in Complex Settings: Exploring Pathways for Protracted Crisis Solutions // Democratic Republic of the Congo

Organizers and partners: Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, DRC; Zero Hunger Coalition; HDP Nexus Coalition; International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) - tbc; g7+; Government of Somalia; Government of Haiti- tbc; and the Government of Yemen   

• CIALCO: An Integrative Strategy for Transforming Food Systems through Family Farming // Ecuador

Organizers and partners: Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Ecuador; and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)

• Partnerships that Deliver: Unlocking Investments for a Resilient and Climate-Smart Agrifood Systems in Ethiopia  // Ethiopia

Organizers and partners: Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Institute (ATI); Ministry of Agriculture, Ethiopia; Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO); and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)  

• Empowering Laboratories to Combat Transboundary Animal Diseases and to Ensure Food Security: Role of Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Network (VETLAB Network) // Ethiopia

Organizers and partners: Animal Health Institute, Ethiopia;  Joint FAO / IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture; FAO Regional Office for Africa; National Veterinary Institute, Ethiopia;  National Agricultural Research and Development Institute, Botswana;  Laboratoire National d'appui au Développement Agricole, Côte d'Ivoire; Institut de la Recherche Vétérinaire de Tunisie, Tunisia; and the African Union Pan African Veterinary Vaccine Center (AU-PANVAC)    

• Multisectoral Governance to Scale up Impacts of Investments in Local Food Value Chains // EU 

Organizers and partners: Directorate General INTPA, European Union; Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MINADER), Cameroon; Agrinatura (European Alliance of Universities on Agricultural Knowledge for Development);  UNFSS Zero Hunger Coalition; and World Food Programme (WFP)

• Leveraging Food Systems for Rio Synergies: The Role of Multistakeholder Approaches // Germany

Organizers and partners: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) & Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity (BMLEH), Germany; African Union Commission - tbc;  Partners for Change Network- tbc; and the Western Kenya Soil Carbon Project Consortium WEKOSAP- tbc.

• Food is Never Waste: Advancing Food Systems Transformation through Scaling Finance and Partnerships for Food Loss and Waste Reduction // Ghana

Organizers and partners: Energy Commission, Ghana; Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO);  UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and World Resources Institute (WRI) Food Is Never Waste Coalition;  UNEP Cool Coalition; and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)   

• Putting agrifood systems strategies into practice – Learnings from the Africa Union,  Zambia,  Rwanda,  Costa Rica,  Ireland and University College London // Ireland

Organizers and partners: Department of Agriculture,  Food and the Marine, Ireland; Government of Ireland; Africa Union Development Agency - tbc; and University College London

• Measuring What Matters: True Value of Food for the Agrifood Chain Transformation // Italy

Organizers and partners: Santa Chiara Lab, Università di Siena; Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (CIHEAM Bari); Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN); Save The Children; Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA Foundation); Illy; Lavazza; and Ferrero. The event is supported by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

• Strengthening Urban-Rural Linkages through Local,  Traditional and Farmers Markets // Italy

Organizers and partners: Resilient Local Food Supply Chains Alliance; UN-Habitat; Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN  (FAO); UN Capital Development Fund;  Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (CIHEAM Bari);  World Farmers Markets Coalition (WorldFMC);  Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN); HealthBridge; and Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI)

• 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

Organizers and partners: Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS); Ethiopia Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR); Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan; World Agriculture Forum;  FAO Forestry Division, Halting Deforestation, Degradation, Emissions Team; Ajinomoto Co., Inc.; Greein Inc.;  Vietnam Gardening Association - tbc; and the Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda  

• Accelerating Food Systems Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Livestock as a Catalyst for Investment,  Innovation, and Resilience // Kenya

Organizers and partners: State Department for Livestock Development,  Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development,  Kenya; Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Cameroon; Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT; International Livestock Research Institute and The Global Sustainable Livestock Coalition (GSLC) 

• Breaking Silos and fueling change: Aligning Nutrition and Climate for Food System Transformation // Madagascar

Organizers and partners: Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock  (MINAE), Republic of Madagascar; Coalition of Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems (HDSFS Coalition); Initiative on Climate action on Nutrition (I-CAN); Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement; UNDP; UNICEF; WHO;  WFP; and UN-Nutrition 

• Making food systems deliver where it counts // Malawi

Organizers and partners: Ministry of Agriculture,  Malawi; African Development Bank; Aquatic Blue Food Coalition;  Ministry of Health,  Malawi; Nutrition and Food Commission,  Zambia; SDG2 Advocacy Hub; Zero Hunger Coalition

• La transformation du système agroalimentaire : leçons d'une approche multipartite et multisectorielle en Mauritanie // Mauritania

Organizers and partners: Ministry of Economy and Finance, Mauritania; Enabel ; Centre d'investissement de la FAO; PAM; Direction Générale des partenariats internationaux de l'Union européenne

• From Riyadh to Mongolia: Bridging Action for Agroecology and Soil Health to Transform Food Systems // Mongolia

Organizers and partners: Ministry of Food,  Agriculture  and Light Industry, Mongolia; Mongolia UNCCD Presidency;  Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health (CA4SH);  CIFOR-ICRAF;  WWF International;  Agroecology Coalition; UNCCD Youth Caucus; United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth (UN MGCY);  World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD); and  High-Level Climate Champions 

• Accelerating Food Systems Transformation: Launch of the Food Systems Accelerator // Mozambique

Organizer: Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries, Mozambique & CINUSA (Mozambique FSS National Technical Committee); Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN); United Nations Deputy Secretary-General's Office; African Union Development Agency – New Partnership for Africa's Development (AUDA-NEPAD); Asian Development Bank (ADB); African Development Bank (AfDB); Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA); Agenda 2063 (A2063); Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit/ German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ); UNFS Coordination Hub; and the  Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Network

• Public-private collaboration for seed system transformation // Netherlands

Organizers and partners: Government of the Netherlands; SEEDNL; the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO); the Seeds4Food Coalition; SNV Netherlands Development Organisation; International Seed Federation (ISF); CGIAR

• Catalyzing Change: Showcasing Nigeria’s Innovations and Collaborations in Food Systems Transformation // Nigeria

Organizers and partners: Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning & Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Nigeria; FAO; WFP;  IFAD;  GAIN;  AGRA; and GIZ

• From Vision to Delivery: Sierra Leone’s Roadmap for Food Systems Transformation - Lessons in Leadership,  Integration, Coordination and Delivery // Sierra Leone

Organizers and partners: Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone; FAO; and the  European Union

• Unlocking Local Finance for Transformative Food Systems // Spain

Organizers and partners: Basque Government,  Spain; Local2030 Coalition;  Joint SDG Fund;  UN-Habitat; UN Country Team (UNCT) in Ethiopia;  ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability; Milan Urban Food Policy Pact; World Rural Forum; and GAIN

• Strengthening Policy Coherence and Convergence for Food Systems Transformation: Tools,  Case Studies,  and Pathways // Switzerland

Organizers and partners: Federal Office for Agriculture, Switzerland; Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); African Union Development Agency

• Grounding Food Systems Transformation in Soil Health: Evidence and Cross-Sectoral Action // Uganda

Organizers and partners: National Planning Authority, Uganda; Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health (CA4SH);  CIFOR-ICRAF;  EIT Food;  International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN);  Swedish International Agriculture Network Initiative (SIANI);  Vi Agroforestry;  Alliance Bioversity-CIAT;  Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD);  Conscious Planet-Save Soil;  World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD);  and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)  

• From Aspiration to Action: Country Experiences on Mainstreaming Agroecology as Food System Transformation Pathway // Vietnam

Organizers and partners: Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, Vietnam; Agroecology Coalition; Biovision Foundation; Instituto Regenera; World Future Council Foundation; ICEI NGO; European Commission Joint Research Centre; IFOAM - Organics International; UN Foundation; Centre for Functional Ecology; University of Coimbra; Fundación Alpina; Local Initiatives for Biodiversity,  Research and Development; Tarayana Foundation; AND THE Alliance Bioversity - CIAT India Office  

• From Fragility to Resilience: Food-Based Solutions to Prevent Malnutrition in Crisis // Yemen

Organizers and partners: Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, Yemen; Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Sudan; AND Food and Nutrition Division - Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)

Further information on each of these side events will be available shortly on this webpage.