Rigorous monitoring is necessary to guide food system transformation in the countdown to 2030 global goals and beyond

24 September 2021Online Webinar, Global

This is a side event to the United Nations Food Systems Summit (taking place on September 23, 2021). This session will feature some of the co-authors of a forthcoming call for a rigorous, science-based monitoring framework to track food systems and their transformation.

GAIN commitments to transform food systems

Submission to the UN Food Systems Summit (UN FSS) Commitment Registry – Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). The United Nations Food Systems Summit (UN FSS), taking place on September 23, 2021, marks a key milestone on the journey towards food systems transformation to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

70,000 young people mobilise to offer solutions to transform life-threatening food systems

UPDATE: Since publication the number has now risen to 100,000. Alarm bells are ringing – set by 70,000 young people and allies around the world, distressed by the state of current food systems, which are letting the planet, current, and future generations down.

Companies pledge millions to end hunger in the world by 2030 as part of the Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge

Today, 42 companies have pledged a promising USD 345 million to contribute to ending global hunger as part of a new initiative led by key international organizations. The Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge is a game-changing solution emerging from the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) Action Tracks.

Nourishing adolescents in Mozambique: Current investments in adolescent nutrition.

29 September 2021Online Webinar, Global

This webinar will i) provide an overview of the global and country status of adolescent nutrition; ii) reflect on learnings from a programmatic experience to deliver a nutrition intervention as part of a comprehensive set of offerings to address the particular needs of this group.

Accelerating Action for Food Safety Transformation in Africa, Asia, and Latin America

30 September 2021Online Webinar, Global

This webinar place five priority areas of food safety in front of regional thought leaders to move us toward Actions for Food Safety Transformation. Regional leaders will share their insights on these priorities and the realities on the ground for making them happen considering, politics, financing, scalability, inclusivity and gaps in capacity and infrastructure.

The UN Food Systems Summit: Changing the Food Landscape for Good on 23rd September?

After a year of planning, the UN Food Systems Summit is just days away. A catalyst for an extraordinary outpouring of energy and creativity over these past 12 months - hundreds of thousands of people from governments, civil society, business, and development agencies have participated in the preparations.

Outcomes from the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit; What it means for Africa’s Nutrition Stability

28 September 2021Online Webinar, Global

Nutrition Conversations Africa (NCAfrica) is an advocacy platform aimed at illuminating African nutritional challenges and opportunities, transformative ideas and game-changing solutions through continuous conversations, call to action, advocacy support and engagement to curb malnutrition in Africa.

Call for a united front as global health takes a stake in the upcoming UN Food Systems Summit

This is the message in an article published in the Lancet online, where leaders from the Johns Hopkins University, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), have joined forces in expressing a strong call to action for food and health communities to work together. 

Food is the Future

22 September 2021Online Webinar, Global

The Food is the Future event is convened by youth representatives interested and working in food systems, in collaboration with the 6 Action Track Chairs and their respective organisations. Invited speakers include many youth representatives from different stakeholder groups, the Action Track Chairs and those connecting food systems to other global debates such as climate change.