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This page allows anyone to explore responses from Dialogue Convenors to section 4 of the Food Systems Summit Dialogues Official Feedback Form. Section 4 is organised into 4 sub-sections that allow Convenors to detail the “Major Focus” of their Dialogue as well as the outcomes including the “Main findings”, “Outcomes for each Discussion Topic” and “Areas of Divergence”. Anyone can use this information to develop their own synthesis of Dialogue Feedback. For this reason, results can also be filtered by Action Track or keyword. Syntheses of Official Feedback must respect the Food Systems Summit Principles of Engagement and used in the context of the Dialogue that took place.

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Independent Dialogue

Africa Will Feed the World

Geographical focus: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte D'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia (Republic of The), Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Major focus

Despite its huge agricultural potential, Africa spends around US$35bn each year on food imports. Our dialogue highlighted the importance of food and nutrition for women and girls worldwide. We could have a comprehensive exploration of the following major focus of the dialogues were: (i) Changing the face of agriculture - tenchnology and innovation (ii) The role of women and youth on job creation (iii) Investiment in African business The event brought together a good range of stakeholders, including civil society groups, those from the private sector, , regional, and international bodies. The d... Read moreialogue was curated by Lady Mariéme Jamme, founder and CEO of iamtheCODE and iamtheFOOD and Nicola Gryczka, Co-Founder and Orchestrator of The Social Gastronomy Movement (SGM). Read less

Action Track(s): 1, 2, 3

Keywords: Finance, Governance, Human rights, Innovation, Women & Youth Empowerment

Independent Dialogue

Africa Will Feed the World

Main findings

1st - FOOD WASTE In the developing world the main problem is about leftovers. In the developed world excess shopping, people overbuying and not consuming In some countries waste happens in the farms, for example: When there is excessive production of tomatoes but there isn’t enough store space, or trucks for distribution to take to sale, these tomatoes are thrown away, and we see waste while people is hungry not even miles from this farm. One way to tackle this is processing food: if there were facilities to dry, cut, pack and send to supermarkets for consumers to buy. However there are basi... Read morec Issues such as lack of electricity. How can developing countries can compete with the packaging, and all details requested by the market? Huge cost to meet the standards, also design is important to attract consumers. 2nd - SKILLS Ministry of Agriculture talks to many investing companies. Governments are ready to offer them tax breaks, and incentives to invest in the country, but many companies still say NO to these benefits because they do have money and big processing facilities. However they wanted trained and skilled people to work there for them. And many times they invest in a country and have to import talents, and how to achieve this? There are few agronomists, people who see the images of a satellite, to make sure the land is ok. The agro-tech business needs this, people who have studied a particular set of skills. Young people don’t want to get involved until we change the image of agriculture, show it is indeed attractive. We have to show this side and dissociate from only brutal and manual work. Government and UN could provide scholarships focusing on that. 3rd - INVESTMENT We spoke about the power of capital. There are huge investments being done, unfortunately we find that the money goes to people who are not african people. Read less

Action Track(s): 2, 4

Keywords: Finance, Governance, Innovation, Policy, Women & Youth Empowerment

Independent Dialogue

Juventudes, Liderazgo y Alimentación en Latinoamérica

Geographical focus: Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Chile, Colombia, Peru

Major focus

El tema principal del diálogo fue juventudes porque desde Thought For Food consideramos que nuestro rol y el avance hacia sistemas alimentarios inclusivos, resilientes y sostenibles son complementarios. Esto a partir del liderazgo que se puede tener desde la juventud y los nuevos hábitos de alimentación que tenemos. Por ello el diálogo se basó en las siguientes tres temáticas: 1. El empleo en el sector agropecuario desde una perspectiva juvenil 2. Jóvenes frente a la gestión de la seguridad alimentaria 3. Sistema alimentarios frente a la lucha contra el Cambio Climático

Action Track(s): 2, 3, 4

Keywords: Innovation, Policy, Women & Youth Empowerment

Independent Dialogue

Juventudes, Liderazgo y Alimentación en Latinoamérica

Geographical focus: Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Chile, Colombia, Peru

Main findings

Action Track(s): 2, 3, 4

Keywords: Human rights, Policy, Women & Youth Empowerment

Independent Dialogue

Juventudes, Liderazgo y Alimentación en Latinoamérica

Geographical focus: Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Chile, Colombia, Peru

Discussion topic outcome

1. El empleo en el sector agropecuario desde una perspectiva juvenil -Incentivar los procesos de formaciones y capacitaciones agrícolas eficaces según necesidades y comunidades. - Mejorar la asesoría frente a facilitación de información y trámites que requieren las políticas públicas para la certificación de las empresas locales. - Crear plataformas de venta de productos agrícolas que sean accesibles y comprensible, como también para el repartimiento de estos a nivel LATAM. - Incluir dentro de los centros educativos y en nuestros comedores la difusión de información sobre las prá... Read morecticas agrícolas que fueron necesarias para tener el alimento en la mesa. - Brindar capacitaciones al campesino sobre cómo transformar su producto, para ello se propone crear una agencia de capacitaciones que tengan como finalidad el empoderamiento y la visibilidad de la agricultura y sus actores. - Se requiere trabajar con los padres porque muchas veces son quienes no apoyan las decisiones de sus hijos cuando se trata del sector agropecuario. 2. Jóvenes frente a la gestión de la seguridad alimentaria - Capacitar a jóvenes mediante programas, proyectos y alianzas para generar propuestas y colectivos que luchen por el logro de la seguridad alimentaria. -Concientizar y visibilizar más los emprendimientos locales porque permiten valorizar los productos por medio de la financiación gubernamental del sector Agro en la región. - Visibilizar iniciativas existentes a nivel nacional o regional desde los colectivos de jóvenes. - Generar intercambios con áreas agrícolas y jóvenes que se están formando desde las universidades, los colegios u otros espacios de formación. -Incluir a los niños y niñas en la formación de seguridad alimentaria desde la generación de material o en las unidades educativas. 3. Sistema alimentarios frente a la lucha contra el Cambio Climático -Es importante abordar el cambio climático con justicia social, medioambiental y equilibrio económico en las practicas de empresas, con la inclusión de diferentes poblaciones, juventud, cadena productiva y suministro en el marco del fortalecimiento de las políticas publicas de cada país. -Educación en agricultura y nutrición dirigida a población vulnerable, consumidores, población en general, productores, campesinos, entidades privadas, proveedores. -Empoderar a las personas desde la perspectiva de autosuficiencia para incentivar la generación de cambio que se esta buscando dentro de una agricultura sostenible. -Involucramiento de todos sectores, poblaciones, actores de cadena productiva. -La juventud e infancia como actores clave para que la población tenga acceso a conocimiento y generación de cambio en aspectos asociados con agricultura, producción sostenible, nutrición. Read less

Action Track(s): 2, 3, 4

Keywords: Human rights, Innovation, Policy, Women & Youth Empowerment

Independent Dialogue

Juventudes, Liderazgo y Alimentación en Latinoamérica

Geographical focus: Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Chile, Colombia, Peru

Area of divergence

-La subvención de precios no es un proceso muy viable en el sector de comercialización, no es funcional a largo plazo, no es sostenible. -La única área de divergencia fue si el género era una distinción que afectara la garantía de la seguridad alimentaria para los jóvenes.

Action Track(s): 2, 3, 4

Keywords: Innovation, Policy, Women & Youth Empowerment

Independent Dialogue

Encuentro entre organizaciones con experiencia agroalimentaria, Caracas-Venezuela

Geographical focus: Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

Major focus

Experiencias validadas en los diversos territorios desde la producción, transformación, compras colectivas y comercialización, respetando los hábitos alimentarios y la capacidad de compra del pueblo, ofreciendo alimentos a un precio justo basado en la soberanía alimentaria. Debatir los distintos planteamientos para la construcción de los sistemas alimentarios de nuestro país. Son prácticas desde las organizaciones de Comunas quienes presentan las actividades que realizan para su sustentabilidad. Con enfoque de Resiliencia desde lo productivo, comunicacional, lo territorial, defensa int... Read moreegral y lo continental, basados en el tejido social con personas provenientes de Venezuela y del Continente, destacándose que se viene construyendo una dinámica productiva, donde las organizaciones se adaptaron y transformaron pasando de ser cultores a productores primarios. Read less

Action Track(s): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Keywords: Data & Evidence, Finance, Governance, Innovation, Policy, Women & Youth Empowerment

Independent Dialogue

Encuentro entre organizaciones con experiencia agroalimentaria, Caracas-Venezuela

Geographical focus: Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

Main findings

Las organizaciones populares son los actores principales y deben participar y hacer presencia en la convocatoria de los diálogos que son a nivel mundial sobre sistemas populares. En este dialogo con actores del poder popular, las organizaciones están compartiendo sus conocimientos desde sus experiencias para su fortalecimiento, hay elementos comunes en el campo y en la ciudad, por ello deben impulsar la articulación entre las organizaciones haciendo que el pueblo se empodere y ayude a crear espacios de desarrollo sostenible. Durante el bloqueo los campesinos y campesinas han logrado colocar... Read more sus alimentos sanos y soberanos gracias al pueblo productor. Read less

Action Track(s): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Keywords: Environment and Climate, Innovation, Women & Youth Empowerment

Independent Dialogue

Encuentro entre organizaciones con experiencia agroalimentaria, Caracas-Venezuela

Geographical focus: Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

Discussion topic outcome

Entre las conclusiones principales esta la alianza entre las organizaciones del poder popular para el fortalecimiento del tejido social y el intercambio de experiencias entre las mismas, realizando formaciones, acompañamiento y avanzada en las comunas interesadas para la activación, el acceso y el consumo de alimentos soberanos. Asociación Civil Casa de Cronopios: Durante la pandemia se activo el trabajo con adolescentes para incorporarlos a la experiencia productiva, siendo exitosa la iniciativa. Comité de Lucha de Propatria: Comida sana no transgénica, que sea el mismo pueblo trabajando... Read more en la economía agroalimentaria. Comuna 5 de Marzo: Sirve de enlace entre las comunas rurales demostrando como se crea la economía comunal, así también se minimiza la cadena de intermediarios. De igual forma trabajan el tema formativo cuentan con personas desplegadas a nivel nacional en alianza con otras comunas, con producción en el área pesquera (Parroquia Valle- Caracas y estado Carabobo) incorporando jóvenes a esta labor trabajando con técnicas artesanales, y producción caprina (En Aragua- Ocumare de la Costa). Comunal El Maizal: Están ubicados entre los Edos. Portuguesa y Lara, son 24 consejos comunales, 12 Empresas de producción Social, 96 Unidades de Producción Familiar, 1 Banco comunal. El objetivo es ser autosustentable en cada uno de los territorios para ello se articulan con otras comunas. Son parte de la unión comunera. Buscan traspasar a producción Agroecológica. Comuna 5 de marzo: Concluye que hay que transcender desde lo local a lo nacional, las alianzas con productores de zonas cercanas son necesarias en este momento, se realiza intercambios de producción, así se benefician todos del alimento. Apostamos a la sustentabilidad. Es necesario no depender del gobierno, debemos apoyar la comuna. Alpargata Solidaria: La articulación adecuada elimina o reduce los intermediarios en la cadena agroalimentaria. Es una experiencia que desde hace 8 años conforman 181 familias, en ese mismo tiempo se enlazan con organizaciones como Pueblo a Pueblo y la feria conuquera para la articulación y llevar alimentos frescos y soberanos a las comunidades. Posteriormente con CECOCESOLA, la central de cooperativas ubicada en Lara, se ha logrado arrimar 4 toneladas de alimentos mensualmente, haciendo el ejercicio de eliminar la cadena intermediaria. Es una comunidad que funciona como una cooperativa de consumo como la Cooperativa Unidos San Agustín Convive. Nos hemos problematizado la forma de alimentarnos y a partir de eso también como pasar de ser solo consumidores a revisar cómo ser una comunidad productora, estamos en la etapa y el ejercicio de compra colectiva a la Comuna el Maizal. Aún tenemos muchos desafíos, creemos que la Unión Comunera hace una convocatoria pertinente al momento que vivimos en el país. La Minka: Colectivo con 5 ejes de trabajo: productivo, comunicacional, territorial, defensa integral y continental. Enfocados en el tejido social con personas provenientes de Venezuela y otros países del Continente, establecieron un conglomerado de Panaderías que debían tributar a un proyecto integral comunitario con la finalidad de generar sus propios procesos e impulsar el funcionamiento de un comedor popular Haciendo fuerza para pegar contra la pared a nuestros adversarios, como aplicamos el golpe de timón y avanzamos. Acuerdos • Potenciar la articulación de las organizaciones que formaron parte del dialogo y sumar otras para fortalecer el tejido social productivo. • Incorporar a los adolescentes a las experiencias comuneras productivas como centros de formación –recreación donde puedan invertir el tiempo libre que genera la pandemia por Covid 19. Avanzar en la implementación de intercambio entre mercados locales de producción de alimentos para la generación de la economía local. • Conformar redes de intercambio de experiencia e intercambio productivo Read less

Action Track(s): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Keywords: Environment and Climate, Human rights, Women & Youth Empowerment

Independent Dialogue

Encuentro entre organizaciones con experiencia agroalimentaria, Caracas-Venezuela

Geographical focus: Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

Area of divergence

No hubo areas de divergencia, ya que se logro acuerdos en colectivo

Action Track(s): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Keywords: Environment and Climate, Human rights, Women & Youth Empowerment

Independent Dialogue

African Non-State Actors Independent Dialogue: A Pre-UN Food Systems Summit

Geographical focus: No borders

Discussion topic outcome

Gamechanger propositions to African Common Position on UNFSS based on identified overlooked issues in track 4 4.1.1 Pilot and roll out the Farmer Field and Business School concept (that builds on the Farmer Field School framework) as a participatory, women and youth-focused training, extension services and business development and market support approach 4.1.2 Empower youth as innovators and change-makers through training, mentorship, dedicated services and the requisite visibility and incentives 4.1.3 Women and Youth’s economic empowerment in agriculture and agribusiness from tilling the la... Read morend to manufacturing- (WYEEAA Manufacturing Retouch Model). 4.2.1 Promote policy-coherent living incomes and social protection measures in value chains for smallholder and small scale farmers and agricultural workers 4.3.1 Develop and promote integrated food strategies that are relevant to geography and location (regions and provinces, counties or districts, cities and towns, rural centres) 4.3.2 Promote multi-stakeholder networks and platforms (public, private and 4th sector, non-state actors) across agricultural value chains within above national geographical and locational ecosystems. Read less

Action Track(s): 4

Keywords: Environment and Climate, Governance, Human rights, Innovation, Policy, Trade-offs, Women & Youth Empowerment

Independent Dialogue

African Non-State Actors Independent Dialogue: A Pre-UN Food Systems Summit

Geographical focus: No borders

Discussion topic outcome

Proposed interventions in Food System for National, subnational and lower levels (based on overlooked issues in Action track 4) 1.Building a pool of capable, confident, and influential individuals to lead critical advances and innovations in the agricultural research and development (ARD) sector. 2. Invest in strengthening the capacity of researchers and institutions to deliver agricultural innovations that respond to the needs and priorities of a diversity of women and men across Africa’s agricultural value chains 3. Building an enabling environment for gender responsiveness to become an em... Read morebedded cultural norm and practice in the African ARD through policies, programs, and accountability mechanisms. Focus on increasing the visibility of women researchers and research leaders, generating, and curating compelling evidence on the value of gender responsiveness in ARD. Case Study: AWARD Model of Women and Youth Empowerment. 4. Making agriculture attractive to the youth and non- agricultural experts is crucial since they have the capacity to drive medium to large scale farming systems. a. Creating the enabling environments for modernization and mechanization of the sector through direct government investment.(e.g. Build Warehouse for the Youth to protect smallholder farmers from the middlemen). b. Involvement of youth in Policy initiation and development stages (OWN the process), engage them in policy execution and implementation (CONTROL the process) and Monitor and evaluate policy performance (ACCOUNT for the process) to ensure the Food systems Youth want for Africa. c. Youth to own land and resources and participate in value addition 5. Funding research projects on innovative technologies to improve farming systems in Africa 6. Policies on land tenure systems that will allow easy access to land for farming by the youth, women and non-agricultural experts across the continent. e.g. include traditional governance systems 7. Tax removal on farm inputs, equipment and machinery 8. Policies on Zero hunger solidarity Fund, at local and national levels taking a bit more from those who have a lot to redistribute to those impacted by the nature or other problems and then have less 9. Streamline and harmonize trade policies and customs operations 10. Develop policies that compel the smallest unities of governance (e.g. counties) to employ community extension agricultural officers in every village 11. Form new movements and coalitions to drive the Food systems agenda in Africa post the UNFSS summit and have strong mutual accountability for actions and results mechanisms. e.g. Revitalize joint sector reviews at the lowest levels of governance across Africa. Read less

Action Track(s): 4

Keywords: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Finance, Governance, Human rights, Policy, Women & Youth Empowerment

Independent Dialogue

African Non-State Actors Independent Dialogue: A Pre-UN Food Systems Summit

Geographical focus: No borders

Discussion topic outcome

Gamechanger propositions to African Common Position on UNFSS based on identified overlooked issues in track 5 5.1.1 Explore integrated approaches to resilient food systems ( country examples ). 5.1.2 Establish systemic approaches to crisis management from disaster reduction to forecasting and monitoring to early warning and emergency response and mitigation. 5.2.1 Promote local food for local production across strategic national food supply chains and food systems that are pandemic resilient. 5.3.1 Develop strategic climate-resilient pathways through benchmarking of smart practices and develop... Read morement of context-relevant processes, systems and tools. Others 6.1.1 Establish National and Regional Food Systems Action Hubs on a multi-sectoral, multi-stakeholder basis that places Food at the core of the development (and SDG) agenda. Read less

Action Track(s): 5

Keywords: Environment and Climate

Independent Dialogue

African Non-State Actors Independent Dialogue: A Pre-UN Food Systems Summit

Geographical focus: No borders

Discussion topic outcome

Proposed interventions in Food System for National, subnational and lower levels (based on overlooked issues in Action track 5) 1.Build farmers capacities to regenerate soils, map areas and use appropriate fertilizers while regulating fertilizer imports. 2. Provide some resources like water in places (Arid and semi-arid regions) that are perennially experiencing problems. 3. Adopt Inclusive social protection measures. 4. Invest in an early warning system for disaster management. 5. Develop a pro-poor food systems policy that includes capacities for smallholders that are highly vulnerable to we... Read moreather shocks and stresses in the food system (i.e. investments in small stocks, irrigated gardens, financial access). 6. The catalytic role of central banks in building resilience to vulnerabilities, shocks and stresses especially on low presence of financial institutions, poor access to finance and high administrative costs. Therefore, it is important for central banks to leverage on exchanges to achieve monetary and price stability in the economy. Read less

Action Track(s): 5

Keywords: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Finance, Governance, Policy

Independent Dialogue

African Non-State Actors Independent Dialogue: A Pre-UN Food Systems Summit

Geographical focus: No borders

Area of divergence

a. Involvement of youth to own, control and be accountable to the Food Systems process. However, the youth need to clearly state and demonstrate what they can do. b. A concern that the UNFSS will be used as a conduit to echo the business-as-usual, quick-technofix policy prescriptions of the agribusiness agendas – a summit geared towards repeating the agribusiness-as-usual model to solve the food and climate crisis cannot deliver on the envisioned transformation of revitalized, sustainable and healthy food systems. c. The economic landscapes in which smallholder farmers in Africa have traditi... Read moreonally operated are shifting rapidly, however, the future of the food supply lies in the hands of smallholder and peasant farmers yet enabling environment for this emerging future is being curtailed by major players in Food Systems (Governments, Development Partners, Large Multinational Commercial companies and Large Scale Farmers. Read less

Action Track(s): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Keywords: Governance, Human rights, Policy, Women & Youth Empowerment

Independent Dialogue

African Non-State Actors Independent Dialogue: A Pre-UN Food Systems Summit

Geographical focus: No borders

Discussion topic outcome

Proposed interventions in Food System for National, subnational and lower levels for track 3 (based on overlooked issues) 1.Targetted strengthening of existing small and medium scale food producers groups and formations of new organized movements to advance SMEs. 2. Acceleration of Cooperation and Investment. Restoring degraded lands, biodiversity and enhancing forecasting, early warning, and accelerating the provision of adequate investment in natural and man-made resources and inputs is key, to ensure sustainable production and productivity. 3. Introduce formal recognition, incentives and ta... Read morengible rewards for all categories of farmers and small scale producers.3.Parliamentarians should endeavour to defend the biodiversity, indigenous cultures and national systems. There is a need for policies that will allow farmers to produce food using indigenous seeds that are readily available and that they can be shared amongst themselves. The policies should allow farmers to produce safer and healthier food in an environmentally safe way, not punitive policies designed to eliminate farmers and have our food system controlled by corporations out to make profits at the expense of our health and our environment. 4. Ensure availability of both macro (N, P, K) and micronutrients (S, B, Mn, Fe, Co, Zn, Mn, etc.) fertilisers in all agro-input shops and wholesalers in all agricultural corners of the country. 5. Harness the creativity and energies of the youth towards pursuing nature-positive agricultural production, and inharmonious collaboration with the relevant actors. 6. Continuous emphasis on the link between resilient food systems and associated environmental and social systems to a larger extent. 7. Promotion and support to business incubation for youth as a key driver for commercialization of agro opportunities 8. Apply The Yala Hub Participation Framework for Optimizing Community Participation in the Management of Yala Wetland Ecosystem in Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya. A 5-steps model with Community Facilitator and Information Resource Hub (By Prof Victor Odenyo and Dr Douglas Ouma, University of Eldoret, Kenya). Read less

Action Track(s): 3

Keywords: Environment and Climate, Governance, Innovation, Policy, Women & Youth Empowerment

Independent Dialogue

African Non-State Actors Independent Dialogue: A Pre-UN Food Systems Summit

Geographical focus: No borders

Major focus

The theme of the dialogue was Overlooked issues in Transforming Food Systems in Africa. It sought to contribute to the articulation of Africa’s Common Position on UNFSS by analyzing and bringing overlooked issues on board and further cross-fertilize these with the outcomes of the then ongoing Africa’s UN Member States and Independent Dialogues. The overlooked issues based on aligned to FSS 5 Action tracks were identified from a comprehensive analysis of Food systems literature on Africa, Regional and Country level dialogues, some topical independent dialogues and interim analysis from UNFS... Read moreS pool of information reported to date. In addition, forgotten factors on cross-cutting issues were identified, additional game-changers and required interventions were proposed. The convenors sought to make the food system dialogues complete by looking at these forgotten issues and ensuring that they were incorporated in the strategies for transforming food system in Africa. Among the identified issues include: lack of recognition and prioritisation of smallholder farmers/producers contribution to food systems; lack of transformational leadership among food system actors; inadequate support to Agri-MSE that can transform them; influence of a few corporations and philanthropists on the food system, at the expense of the micro, small and medium scale enterprises; corruption undermining food systems transformation initiatives; inability to address core barriers to unleashing the power of youth and women in food systems, consistent underbudgeting for agriculture by allocating less of 10% consistently and not doing something to meet the minimum set by CAADP; inadequate investment in generating and disseminating reliable data; adoption of food systems that are good for the environment and reclaiming lost land and resources; scaling up appropriate post-harvest technologies, and building capacities of farmers on post-harvest management, , reduction of food wastage across the supply chain and food system is not valued leading to a drain on the system’s output; low investments beyond traditional main crops such as other indigenous crops that are nutritionally important in the food systems. Further to this, there is no prioritization for easy movement at border points, thus impacting producers and consumers; exacerbated by lack of legislation to facilitate such fast-tracking. Read less

Action Track(s): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Keywords: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Finance, Governance, Human rights, Innovation, Policy, Trade-offs, Women & Youth Empowerment

Independent Dialogue

African Non-State Actors Independent Dialogue: A Pre-UN Food Systems Summit

Geographical focus: No borders

Main findings

Additional 24 gamechanger propositions based on identified overlooked issues added to African Common Position on UNFSS as shown in section c below. b. Identified overlooked issues and proposed interventions required to create sustainable food systems at national and subnational levels in all the 5 action tracks as detailed in section C below. c. Governance of food systems as key transforming food systems in Africa. Transformative leadership and mindset change at all levels are required for transforming Africa’s Food systems d. Coalition of Non-state actors to create momentum and more coaliti... Read moreons for implementation of these overlooked issues in the implementation of UNFSS summit outcomes in Africa. Youth defined networks, for example, are identified and will be used as the entry point on policy, strategies, implementation, evaluation. These networks are finding their common youth agricultural agenda which will be endorsed by the AU and others e. There is a need to strengthen the resilience of food systems and explore tradeoffs across environmental and social systems to a larger extent. f. Rethink about Africa’s research agenda, taking the opportunity of indigenous technical knowledge to enhance innovation capacity and integrate indigenous ecological knowledge and science in natural resource management through action research. g. Make specific policy choices and investments to strengthen curricula in tertiary institutions to adequately cover the aspects of postharvest management and agriculture positively Read less

Action Track(s): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Keywords: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Finance, Governance, Human rights, Innovation, Policy, Trade-offs, Women & Youth Empowerment

Independent Dialogue

African Non-State Actors Independent Dialogue: A Pre-UN Food Systems Summit

Geographical focus: No borders

Discussion topic outcome

Gamechanger propositions to African Common Position on UNFSS based on identified overlooked issues in Action Track 1 1.Increase road, rail, ports and other transport and logistics connectivity and reduce tariff and other non-tariff barriers to ease food access and lower the cost of food. 2. Increase smallholder farmer incomes, agricultural productivity and equity by enabling access to inputs, technology, mechanized services and finance through public-private partnerships. 3. Address smallholder farmer self-vulnerability by ensuring priority access to seeds that support crop diversity, and serv... Read moreices, support, advice and inputs to optimize soil health. 4. Launch Coalition of Youth in African Agriculture within the formal AU framework. 5.Establish food and nutrition business development, innovation and financing hub for high-impact African agri-SMEs distributed around regional clusters around and within Africa (“hub and spoke” strategy). 6. Modernize the micronutrient value chain to support staple food biofortification and complimentary food industrial fortification strategies. 7. Develop systems and capacities to track and monitor food safety standards over time. 8. Develop systems and capacities to enable rapid responses to foodborne disease and related outbreaks. 9. Develop Digital Data and Knowledge Management frameworks to guide multiple food systems transition and transformation pathways in various settings and circumstances that ultimately support the “access to safe and nutritious food for all” framework around food security and the reduction of hunger, and access to food that is both nutritious and safe. Read less

Action Track(s): 1

Keywords: Data & Evidence, Governance, Innovation, Policy, Women & Youth Empowerment

Independent Dialogue

African Non-State Actors Independent Dialogue: A Pre-UN Food Systems Summit

Geographical focus: No borders

Discussion topic outcome

Proposed interventions in Food System for National, subnational and lower levels for Action track 1 and cross-cutting issues (based on overlooked issues) Governance 1.Equip Leaders, farmers and key actors in food systems value chains with transformational leadership skills to: -inspire and motivate farmers and other actors in food systems to high-performance levels Model: CAADP-USAID/Africa Lead on ‘Champions for Scaling Up Food Security Initiatives” has been a game-changer. The over 2000 trained champions introduced major changes in their regions. e.g. current Vice President of Tanzania D... Read morer Philip Mpango. 2.Mindset shift – Change narrative by thinking positively about agriculture and governance. 3.Tackle corruption head-on food systems value chains as it is an engrained issue and also a mental sickness that is encouraged by dysfunctional systems. (educated on enterprise and wealth creation that is sustainable and long-lasting; upholding professional values; a Judiciary which is supposed to deal with offenders need to be above reproach like Ceasor's wife) 4. Joint Sector Reviews at County Levels to receive and debate County Annual Progress Report. Action Track 1 1.Mindset shift – Change narrative by thinking positively about agriculture. 2.Redirect flow of capital from multi-national companies to have proper and targeted financing in the production system aimed at SMESs, to develop the supply chains. 3. Women and Youth’s economic empowerment in agriculture and agribusiness from tilling the land to manufacturing- (WYEEAA Manufacturing Retouch Model). This entails a market analysis, documentation of the processing procedure including the required equipment, inventory of the women and women/youth groups who may be interested and ready to occupy this space, connections that need to be entered into with the producers, forward contracts signed with producer farmers, contracts with by the future buyers of the processed products, tap into African Continent Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and export to other countries intra-regional trade. 4. Increase road, railway coverage /interconnections and reduce tariffs on food transportation networks to ease food access and lower the cost of food. 5.Adopt action research to develop and implement innovations with the end-users of the technology. e.g. Egerton University Agro Science Parks which facilitate seed production and establishment of seed banks. 6. A change of proposal and grant design to intentionally incorporate action research - move the lab to farms and other parts of food systems where there is action. 7.The extremist middleman factor in agriculture: attach value to food and create awareness programs to empower producers to determine the prices of their products, use aggregation and structured markets e.g. Ethiopian Commodity Exchange system for coffee farmers model. 8. Investment in action research and improved data systems. 9.Catalyze north-south and south-south research collaborations focusing on climate change and resilient food systems. 10. Increased budgetary allocation to research and innovations. 11. Research should develop agricultural innovations which respond to the priorities of our food systems. 12. Invest in building the capacity of researchers to develop home-grown, contextualized solutions. Read less

Action Track(s): 1

Keywords: Data & Evidence, Finance, Governance, Innovation, Policy, Women & Youth Empowerment

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