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The group structured its discussion into the following topics: (1) A linked global food system, (2) Food production and producers in the global south, (3) The need for knowledge, skills and education, (4) Consumers and international trade. The group noted that local production is generally more sustainable than importing products but it is difficult to produce everything locally. Some crops and food items will still need to be imported due to local conditions not being suitable for some crops. It has to be borne in mind that local production doesn’t always equal sustainability and in many co... Read moreuntries it has led to soil impoverishment. Nevertheless, local production and food systems have a key role in many regions. Effects of developed countries’ consumption in developing countries were recognized and the group thought about how we can ensure global environmental sustainability and food safety. One should pay attention to what is produced and how it is produced in order to save natural resources and species. For example, could new species replace rice, and could animal protein be replaced with plant-based protein? Encouragement towards agroecological and other environmentally friendly methods should be increased in order to reduce environmental damage. These are often location-based and require strong know-how to invest in. As any change in methodology is a potential risk for the farmer, the change processes must be supported and de-risked for sustained transition to take place. It’s important to increase know-how and peer support between north and south as well as between southern partners. Practical advice and involving farmers in trialing new methods are essential in the change process. The key role of women as food producers in the south is to be highlighted and their training and extension is to be increased. Whereas women tend to produce crops for local consumption, men are more interested in growing highly profitable vegetables. Women tend to make decisions on what kind of food a family eats (local or imported) and that’s why it would be important to educate especially women on sustainable production methods and healthy nutrition. Increasing communication and involving farmers globally in discussions would be important in achieving changes. Education and communication regarding food systems should also be increased in developed countries so that consumers are aware of food related issues. Sustainable production is linked to many other development questions and inequality: women’s status, land ownership and resource availability. As previously stated, reducing inequality and poverty as well as changing food systems to become more climate resilient are part of the same process. The group suggested that global trade and value chains should support nature-friendly production. The environmental impact of a product/food item should be reflected on its price. At the global level, a shift to a more plant-based diet should be encouraged and the Western diet should shift towards more environmentally friendly and sustainable food so that food security could be achieved elsewhere. This, however, doesn’t exclude animal production because it has an important and diverse role in the south. The group believes that Fairtrade has managed to support local, social sustainability and thus they were wondering if similar systems would have the potential to support environmental sustainability as well? Read less

The discussion started with the question on how to find balance between safe and nutritious food and environmental planetary capacity. The group discussed how enough protein can be secured in diets, especially in poorer countries, where diets are more plant-based. Increasing vegetables in diets might be easier and more accepted as a narrative than requesting people to reduce meat. Both malnourishment and obesity need action. Discussion continued and centered around who should be kept accountable for our consumption – consumers or legislation? It was felt that consumers shouldn’t solely be ... Read moreaccountable for sustainable consumption. Trade, food industry and legal policies should also play a role in ensuring more sustainable consumption patterns. This would help consumers with their consumption decisions and ensure that they can choose food that has been produced in a sustainable and ecological way. Politics, for example EU’s deforestation legislation, could play a role in mitigating negative effects of consumption. On the other hand, it is challenging to filter out simple, comparable metrics from a complex food system when forming a basis for consumer consumption decisions. Of all the products that cause deforestation, EU’s share is 36%. On the other hand, it is estimated that the consumption in the EU is responsible for around 10% of tropical deforestation. Food losses occur in different parts of the food system in different parts of the world. Smooth logistics and market connections are in a key role in reducing food waste in the northern hemisphere and in the south. Harvesting, handling and storage improvements are needed, especially in the south, to reduce losses. Poverty and food insecurity are closely linked. The group also discussed the role of culture and farm animals in different countries. Culture impacts food and consumption decisions. Farm animals have an important role, for example in East-Africa where they are financial safety nets. Keeping small farm animals is important especially for women in terms of supporting their economic independence and domestic food safety net. It is important to note that measures should be implemented to promote sustainable and climate positive animal husbandry practices. In addition, the group discussed how to increase knowledge and communication at the grassroot level. In order to engage farmers in sustainability, the change process must be subtle. Gradual processes which advance by small steps carry further than major changes introduced suddenly. Improving production is central in mitigating deforestation. This should be achieved without impoverishing the soil. Lastly, the growing global population is straining food systems. Population growth should be slowed down by educating women and girls and increasing awareness of family planning and contraception methods. Read less

The discussion was organized through the following questions: (1) How to ensure access for all to sustainably produced food? (2) How to ensure that everyone can afford (sustainably) produced food? (3) What is the role of development / humanitarian work now and in the future? As the discussion started, the group pointed out that in order to avoid confusion or misunderstandings, it’s important to clarify the terms: food security vs food safety. Even though we have a wide array of information regarding nutritious food, problems regarding access to nutritious food still exist and need to be iden... Read moretified. Lack of nutritious food may be caused by poor soil that does not contain important minerals or iodine. Along the same lines, vitamin deficiencies can be caused by poor diet. Within households, the level of food security can vary, which is a reminder that the nutritious needs of the most vulnerable groups, such as pregnant women, children and the sick, should be focused on. They are often neglected due to their inferior position in society, lack of influence and lack of knowledge. Understanding local traditions is important as food is linked to culture. These traditions should be valued and their continuation should be strengthened while adjusting for towards more sustainable food systems. Because children spend a lot of time at school, school meals are an essential part of strengthening children’s nutrition. In addition, role of the school, for example through home economics and school gardens, can affect the food security of the whole household as children learn how to grow crops and understand the importance of a healthy and nutritious diet. Advice and extension should be provided to everyone on safe and nutritious food. Training of trainers, for example through universities or organizations, can play a key role in sharing knowledge and best practices. The group called for a stronger focus of development policy on supporting food security and related interdisciplinary research. Support should be directed towards long term social safety nets instead of short-term humanitarian aid. NGOs in developed countries should use their direct connections with communities in developing countries to look for viable solutions together. Read less

More discussion is needed in order to create viable solutions for the challenging topic. FFD will host more webinars related to food systems to continue the discussion. Topics will be more focused and will concentrate on a specific field such as nature positive food production or the role of forests in food production. Main findings of this webinar include the following: (1) Cultural methods and norms should be respected and used as a foundation when looking for a transition in food systems. (2) The role of schools can be pivotal in providing nutritious meals to children but also educating chi... Read moreldren on sustainable food production and systems. (3) Trade and legal policies should support sustainable and ecological production. (4) Supermarkets and retailers could have a strong role in helping consumers to make sustainable consumption decisions, but they need to be supported by other actors and lean on predictable rules. (5) If we want lasting change, the process needs to start at the grassroot level and be gradual to be effective. (6) Local and nature positive production should be favored but some products will still need to be imported because it’s impossible to produce everything locally and export revenues are important for many countries. (7) The proportion of plants in diet needs to be promoted but this doesn’t exclude animal husbandry which has multiple roles for many households. (8) Smallholders should get organized to have more support, more resilience and have a stronger position in food systems. (9) Co-operation between actors within food systems (research institutions, companies, farmers, government) should be increased to build practical solutions. (10) Increasing women’s resilience via transformative approaches that strengthen women’s confidence, knowledge and skill, relations and improve their rights to earn livelihoods (11) Youth’s engagement in agriculture should be promoted via a decent income and increased access to technology, digital tools and mechanization to ensure decent income. In particular, the webinar stressed the need to support locally tailored solutions which are based on the understanding of local context, supported and promoted by actors which have organized themselves, while taking into account the needs of vulnerable groups or groups with special needs such a women and youth. Many important aspects came to light through group discussions and they highlighted the complexity of global food systems. Read less

The dialogue was a comprehensive exploration of food systems covering the five Action Tracks. The focus was on the developing countries and the dialogue studied how the Finnish actors could support partners in South in the transition process of food systems. The event was used to bring awareness on the challenges that food systems in developing countries face, how diverse the situation can be, and to identify game changing ideas. The dialogue complemented the Finnish national dialogue, which was held in the beginning of April and the national convenor facilitated the organization of the event.... Read more Among the participants, we had representatives of NGOs, ministries, private sector, researchers but also journalists. FFD made an effort to invite people who have practical experience from the field and having worked with smallholders in the south, to ensure that the debate could be taken from the global figures to grassroot level issues. In a developed country like Finland, many people don’t think about where their food comes from, what kind of challenges farmers, especially, in developing countries face and how our consumption affects food systems. It is easy to go to the supermarket and buy any type of food at any time of the year. Dynamics, risk levels and what it can mean to a household or even to a country, is not well understood. However, farmers in developing countries are on the forefront of challenges caused by climate change. Whether we talk about having access to food or to being able to produce enough food, are two sides of a coin. While not taking a stand on the need for national food sovereignty, both the possibility to look for solutions for enhancing purchasing power to buy food or to enhance productivity allowing farmers to provide for themselves, were debated. While the debate on food systems in Finland is strongly focused on dietary choices and on the linkages between the consumption in Finland its consequences, in the south the questions are very different. Food waste happens at the different stage of the value chain, mainly in field and in storages. Animals are not only kept for meat or dairy but they have many other functions within a household. Read less

The breakout discussions were rich in conversation but had relatively few areas of divergence. Only a handful of noteworthy instances of differing opinion rose to the top. One participant shared that sustainability might be an outdated term, and that regeneration is a better term to be using since regenerative systems deliver economic value for the farmer and for society. Another participant pointed out that instead of it being one term over the other, we should consider focusing on both sustainability and regeneration in the narratives and solutions for food systems. There were also two oppos... Read moreing opinions on sustainability goal setting. One participant expressed when a company sets a goal and does not meet it, there is the danger that the bar gets lower and lower, and nothing gets achieved. Another participant made the point that setting goals is important and it is okay if they are not perfectly achieved because when the ambitious goals are set the whole industry reacts. And finally, another participant noted that salmon isn’t the most affordable protein option, and accessibility and affordability must be key considerations for food systems transformation. Yet, as a highly innovative and young sector there are many learnings which could be shared with developing sectors to support global food system transformation. Overall, across all breakout groups, there was consistent agreement that food system transformation needs to deliver healthy and sustainable foods, embrace responsible (and regenerative) production methods, and encompass equity and social justice to address the most vulnerable among us. Read less

How can transparency and sustainability certifications help contribute to the UN’s vision for a transformed food system? Participants discussed how transparency is key in setting sustainability standards and being accountable if they are not met. It is important to be transparent about what was reached and what was not rather than simply changing the metric after the fact to align with the outcome. Participants noted that industry and government leaders are starting to understand the importance of nature-based solutions for protein production rather than simply minimizing the negative enviro... Read morenmental impacts. Certifications may aid in this continued adoption. Sustainability certifications can continue to be improved through third-party auditing and other oversight mechanisms. Several participants noted that certification schemes are more of a risk mitigation tool for food systems and may be especially useful for investment decision making. Certification matters since it is easy for investors to understand these schemes. For example, if 40% of companies are ASC certified, it is clear they are managing environmental, social and corporate governance issues well. Participants felt certifications are not the be-all and end-all, but are a part of risk mitigation. And finally, sustainability certifications are one way for pre-competitive platforms to effectively manage long-term goals. For example, GSI set a focused and ambitious goal of 100% ASC certification and 40% of production is now ASC-certified, up from 0% in 2013. This is the fastest uptake of similar certifications (e.g., Forest Stewardship Council, Marine Stewardship Council) of its kind. Read less

How can feed innovations help contribute to the UN’s vision for a transformed food system? Participants agreed that to reduce food system impacts, private sector stakeholders must discover and implement more eco-friendly feed ingredients for aquaculture and other protein sectors. One example came from Grieg Seafood, where their team is working with World Wildlife Fund to assess 400+ feed ingredients across many ESG indicators and mitigate the highest risk ingredients. As the aquaculture sector adopts feed innovations, participants saw on opportunity to apply learnings across the value chain ... Read moreand even to other protein sectors. To further support a reduction in the use of marine ingredients, the aquaculture sector has been investing in non-marine sources rich in omega-3 fatty acids, such as algae, canola crops and insects, and also in improving the efficiency of use of off-cuts and trimmings from other sectors to reduce food loss. In 2015, GSI and its associated feed companies issued a global tender to uncover commercially viable, non-marine alternative sources of omega-3 fatty acids to reduce the environmental impact of fish feed. The tender was a crucial signal to the R&D arena industry needs in a manner which accelerate their development, shortening the innovation process by many years. It resulted in the introduction and industry-wide application of non-marine fish feed ingredients (e.g., reducing fishmeal and fish oil use and increasing algae oil use). It boosted the variety and number of feed options available to the industry while reducing strain on fish stocks. Industry feed companies are now working with multiple providers, incorporating these fish-free ingredients into industry feeds. This approach could be transferrable to other sectors, given its success for salmon farming. Additionally, one participant noted that producing food where it will be consumed will be important to address extreme poverty and smallholder farmers in emerging economies. It can be done by "creating shared value" where feed companies teach techniques and sell feed to produce formulations to raise the livelihoods of smallholder farmers. Read less

How can sustainable finance help contribute to the UN’s vision for a transformed food system? Several participants stated that the whole financial system is taking responsibility in a positive shift. But, they think the trend of standard and opportunity assets is coming to all industries, including food. The finance industry can be a key leader in driving transformations to restore the oceans and co-collaborate to be a strong voice together. If the financial sector signals that it wants changes, the private sector can move forward at a rapid pace. Participants agreed that there are more and ... Read moremore investors looking at how to integrate environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) across their sector. To really drive systemic change in the food and agriculture sector, more research is needed alongside a bigger regulatory push globally like the EU Taxonomy initiative. Participants encouraged quality regulation to support best practices from the private sector and reflect trade-offs that are required. Regulatory frameworks are important to keep sustainable finance at the helm of change, and the EU Taxonomy initiative is a clear example of this. There is a clear way to drive sustainable transformation within the finance sector by making investments with clear key performance indicators (KPIs). In addition to industry metrics and reporting schemes, proper measurement of KPIs in the financial sector is key. Investors can put up the capital to help change, but to sustain it, it must be accepted and valued throughout the value chain to the end consumer. Read less

What role do you see for pre-competitive platforms in enabling food systems transformation? Many participants agreed that pre-competitive platforms are a necessary component to drive change at speed and scale. Several participants thought this model was useful for food systems transformation, but it may only be feasible for industries that are more consolidated. It has been difficult for much of the food and agriculture sector to move in this direction because it is complicated to organize and to incorporate smaller farmers and producers in such models. Participants also noted that there is a ... Read moreneed to communicate the value of pre-competitive collaborations more broadly to investors and other stakeholders. Pre-competitive platforms work for many reasons. They enable the costs necessary to transform industries around shared environmental goals to be spread more widely, while adhering to legally abiding guidelines. They also help reduce the duplication of efforts and resources while allowing companies to learn from each other on what works and what doesn’t. Another key learning was that we can reduce the burden and demotivation of lofty sustainability goals by working together, not just within the salmon or aquaculture industry but also across the supply chain and with other protein industries. Challenges are coming at accelerating pace and producers need to share information about environmental improvements with fellow producers much more quickly and adeptly if we are to respond effectively. Read less

What role do you see for public private partnerships in enabling food systems transformation? Participants noted that the private sector – along the entire value chain – has an essential role to play and is the driving transformation in many parts of the world, but there is room for improvement. Food and agriculture companies have significant power to enable food systems change, but there needs to be a focus on shared value across the system, rather than siloed business entities. It was stated, “One of the key parts [of change needed] is to move private sectors towards a food systems act... Read moreor rather than a private business [actor].” Participants noted that CEOs have shareholders they need to respond to immediately, whereas government generally has longer to introduce and measure the impact of policy changes. They felt that private sector can move faster and could ideally help broker conversations with government for urgency and speed. Participants also emphasized the importance of a company’s environmental and social sustainability efforts being prioritized across teams; they should be cross-cutting versus siloed to one division. Participants shared that the private and public sectors must collaborate and design science-based messages based on best practices and existing technologies, which will feed into transparency. Participants noted that public private partnerships are critical for enabling emerging practices, but they are often high risk for not delivering on promised outcomes. Guidance must be given to make sure they are successful, especially regarding the development of new technologies and emerging sectors. One key learning is to introduce staggered or phased investment from the private sector to ensure the program doesn’t end immediately after the government takes over. There also needs to be more clear adoption of maximum lease terms that incentivize industry investment – many times a company will not invest in something unless they are likely to see returns later down the line. Read less

Participants agreed that the link between environmental challenges, climate change, malnutrition and economic inequality is becoming clearer. Society is looking to the convergence of nutrition and sustainability for solutions. Change at speed and scale is essential to ensure global food systems can provide healthy, sustainable foods. There is a tremendous – and essential – role for the private sector to play in delivering innovation, collaboration and transformation for food systems. Participants believe the aquaculture sector has proven experience mobilizing responsible production progres... Read mores. It shows how a sector can work collaboratively to identify and implement solutions to environmental challenges at a global scale. This experience is transferrable to other sectors. Discussions focused on different levers of change where aquaculture has experience (sustainable financing, transparency and sustainability certifications, and feed innovations), but common themes were revealed. Participants deemed the following necessary to better realize private sector’s potential for impact: more transparency and disclosure; more transparent reporting; more effective carbon foot-printing disclosure; decoupling deforestation up and down the value chain; and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology and standardization. Participants emphasized that progress cannot simply occur in a private sector silo. There’s a critical need to link science-based regulations, knowledge transfer from big to small companies, and holistic business policy frameworks. Ideally, this approach will enable momentum, collaboration and accountability from the United Nations as well. Participants saw a clear role for private sector to partner with the United Nations and public institutions; they recognized that each of these groups has a unique and vital role to play. Another key theme was that food security equates to national security. Private sector must ensure that nutrient-dense, responsibly produced food is accessible, particularly in the most vulnerable communities. There was clear recognition that private sector efforts must go beyond food security and environmental sustainability, and support livelihoods and social equity. Ultimately, private sector must drive major shifts in mindsets, rules of operation and business models to create equitable, sustainable and healthy food systems. Given that the private sector is often at the forefront of change to keep a competitive edge, participants saw an opportunity to better harness this angle. Through activities such as certification or sustainable investment, there is opportunity to motivate and mobilize further transformation. Several participants had experience working with Global Salmon Initiative (GSI) – either as a GSI member company or NGO partner – and GSI was frequently noted as an example of how industry can work together for science-based environmental improvement and hold itself accountable for achieving ambitious sustainability commitments (e.g., working to achieve 100% of member production to be Aquaculture Stewardship Council [ASC] certified). Over the past eight years, GSI has united 40% of the global farmed salmon industry to develop a unique and proven model of change. It uses the critical mass of industry to set ambitious goals based on where the need is greatest (e.g., reducing pressure on fish stocks through feed innovations), create dedicated expert task forces to share best practices and problem solve, and report transparently each year on progress made. While salmon alone will not feed the world, it is an important part of the solution in providing healthy, sustainable protein while also sharing knowledge with developing sectors. To date, this model of doing business has resulted in GSI’s annual release of an industry-wide sustainability report with independently audited environmental and social data. It’s driven the development of novel and more eco-friendly feed alternatives through direct partnership with feed companies, reduced average antibiotic use by 60% and led to improvements in fish health and welfare. Measurable progress can be seen across the salmon farming sector and across the seven regions where GSI operates. GSI’s model of knowledge sharing, transparency and innovation for environmental improvement is a blueprint that could be replicable across other sectors. As one participant noted, “Most of the work on animal protein to date is driven by reputational risk issues. But animal proteins are the place where we should be pushing for a GSI-type model. We need to make sure they’re reducing key impacts, not just improving reputational risk. Reputational risk reduction is about credibly and measurably reducing key impacts.” Read less

Today’s global food systems face unprecedented challenges, and at the same time, offer many opportunities to drive widescale health, social and environmental progress. This Dialogue explored the role that private sector can play in achieving a more sustainable future for food systems, based on practical examples from the aquaculture industry. As the world’s fastest growing food sector, aquaculture plays an essential role in global food systems. To ensure this growth is managed responsibly, industry stakeholders have united in game-changing ways to develop and introduce sustainability impro... Read morevements at speed and scale. This Dialogue explored how lessons learned from aquaculture’s environmental sustainability journey could be applied to other aspects of the food system – and how private sector can play a lead role in motivating and embodying the transformations necessary to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and build more resilient, and healthy food systems. Over the years, aquaculture stakeholders have driven a rapid uptick of sustainability certifications, improvements in traceability, introductions of novel feeds, collective action on climate impact and mitigation, and many more efforts. Advancements like these are difficult, if not impossible, to achieve as individual companies, and often take significant resource and time or only engage few companies. In this Dialogue, participants discussed and demonstrated how through private sector mobilization and multi-stakeholder collaborations these accomplishments have been made possible, could be improved moving forward, and could be transferred to other sectors. Participants heard directly from Sophie Ryan, CEO of Global Salmon Initiative (GSI), Jason Clay, Senior Vice President of Markets at World Wildlife Fund (WWF), José Villalón, Corporate Sustainability Director at Nutreco, and Kristina Furnes, Global Communications Manager at Grieg Seafood about the role and impact of private-sector leadership on food system change. These speakers addressed how they have worked towards environmental improvements in their own organizations or in partnership with private sector, providing illustrative examples of what is possible. For example, Sophie Ryan and Jason Clay spoke to the nearly decade-long partnership between GSI and WWF, and how the experience and success of GSI’s pre-competitive model for responsible farmed salmon production could provide a blueprint for scaling environmental improvement across other food sectors. Through a mix of keynote remarks and breakout discussions, this Dialogue identified best practices and future pathways for sustaining this momentum – both across and beyond the aquaculture industry. Breakout groups focused on the role of the private sector for activating food system change overall, while also diving more specifically into three “levers” of change: sustainable finance, transparency and sustainability certifications, and feed innovations in aquaculture. Through the examination of these key topics, participants concluded that rapid and large-scale improvements are needed to provide nutritious food to a growing population. Additionally, examples from the aquaculture sector, like GSI’s efforts to unite the salmon farming sector in providing consumers around the world with more responsibly raised salmon, provide an example for how other private sector actors could come together in similar ways for food system transformation. Read less

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At the beginning of the presentations, we have succinctly shown that Summit after Summit, FAO that recently turned 75 years old and since the 1970s have been proposing these types of World Meetings, has not managed to end this human scourge. Possibly this instance (GFS 2021) can serve, rather than to spend or direct funds and resources of the countries towards these unsustainable initiatives or projects, to help ensure that they are directed in the first place to processes of high social impact and resolution of the problems of rural development, improve the quality of life, education and heal... Read moreth and support the initiatives of independent science, which based on Agroecology (really the first support of what the UN at least calls in the papers, Solutions based on Nature), can come true. Read less

AGROECOLOGY, ECOAGRIFOOD SYSTEM AND SOCIOENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH: A WAY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT– GLOBAL FOOD SUMMIT 2021 14 de Mayo de 2021 – Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador y Colombia. https://www.youtube.com/c/GEPAMAFADU The meeting convened by the GEPAMA Group of Landscape Ecology and Environment, FADU, of the University of Buenos Aires and AGROECO2 of the UNGS, was held as INDEPENDENT DIALOGUE under the open window of the DIALOGUES towards the WORLD FOOD SUMMIT 2021. The meeting was attended by prominent world, regional and local specialists in the field of AGROECOLOGY, such as Mig... Read moreuel Altieri, Clara Nicholls, Walter Pengue, Richard Intriago, Silvana Buján, María Esther Lasta, Daniel Díaz, Francisca Pancha Rodriguez, Andrea Rodriguez, Karina Bidaseca, Roxana Villegas, Luis Moro, René Montalba (in part of the meeting) and the registered participation of more than 350 stakeholders from practically all of LAC and other regions. The most important topics touched on, were linked to the COVID19 crisis, the concern for both the co-option of Agroecology and the Summit indicated by the powerful groups of digital agriculture and Big Data, the environmental, social and health impacts of agriculture industry, the change in the world and Argentine food diets, the role of public policies and the relevance of the peasantry in favor of AGROECOLOGY and the ECOAGROFOOD SYSTEM in towns and cities. It was clearly highlighted that it is through Agroecology and a locally-based Eco-agri-food System where the most efficient and beneficial path is found not only for farmers but also for consumers, and the special role of these systems in crisis situations such as those that we have now. We also face the importance of strengthening proximity chains, peasant marketing channels, the support of science and technology to these productive needs, access to land, water, genetic resources, self-production systems of food and education in it - and from early childhood - the role of culture and ancestral wisdom in a constructive dialogue of peer-to-peer knowledge and the transgenerational strengthening of this transmission. The statement of Dr. Miguel Altieri shedding light on the role of Agroecology in these times - which can be heard towards the end of this broadcast - has made very clear his concern about the impact of these World Encounters and especially the role played by Organizations such as FAO, CGIAR and other multilateral entities with enormous responsibility for the problem posed such as food, the co-optation problems involved and the true integral sense of what agroecology is and what is not, as shown by the vision of one of the its main global diffusers. At the beginning of the presentations, we have succinctly shown that Summit after Summit, FAO that recently turned 75 years old and since the 1970s have been proposing these types of World Meetings, has not managed to end this human scourge. Possibly this instance (GFS 2021) can serve, rather than to spend or direct funds and resources of the countries towards these unsustainable initiatives or projects, to help ensure that they are directed in the first place to processes of high social impact and resolution of the problems of rural development, improve the quality of life, education and health and support the initiatives of independent science, which based on Agroecology (really the first support of what the UN at least calls in the papers, Solutions based on Nature), can come true. And avoid emptying the field of people and filling it with machines and data ... Read less

1. Access to local products 2. Policy improvement for farmers and producers 3. Food labeling 4. Focusing on how to actually prevent food waste rather than how to reduce it

1. Achievement of consensus through collaborative and problem-solving discussion. 2. Creating a universal language to define a problem and developing a productive discussion 3. Created a Learn and Share model 4. Expanding of knowledge about nutrition 5. Provided evidence-based information

1. Lack of nutrition education (culinary nutrition) among chefs and wider hospitality workforce 2. A need for more community-oriented projects with a strong emphasis on food education 3. Going back to the roots: A soil for food - food for soul 4. Need for actions to improve transferability of the Mediterranean Diet in the non-Mediterranean Regions 5. More food education, particularly about typical Mediterranean products (olive oil, grains, cheese) needed in German speaking countries 6. Need to create platforms to develop collaborations and important bridges between scientists, producers and co... Read morensumers. 7. A need to create a social prescribing network in Switzerland, German speaking countries and Central Europe 8. Possible implementation of culinary medicine through social prescribing networks to reduce the burden on healthcare 9. A lack of data and evidence in the Central European region (Slovakia, Czech republic, Poland, Hungary) 10. Making food education obligatory at elementary schools. Read less