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The food system makes use of the diversity in food cultures and traditions, and creates meeting places and dialogue centred around food. - The participants agree that food culture is an underrated discussion. Sensitivity to culture issues is vital, and can also have potential to restoring the food system to sustainable levels. - Local varieties can also help with resilience issues. - Understanding of the food system needs to take its basis in the school system. A whole school food approach is vital, and school gardens can help increase understanding of where food comes from. - A specific sugge... Lire la suitestion came up that there should be a school program to get students to visit farms and primary production. - short supply chains help establish contact between producers and consumers, and increase understanding of different cultures. Lire moins

As a company in the food supply chain we have enabled young people to eat ecologically and socially sustainable food. - The primary production was in focus here, and that there needs to be more dialogue and knowledge around how food is produced. Changing diets has been in focus, but participants wanted to emphasize the ”how is it produced” rather than the ”what do we eat”. - Retail has a large responsibility in the corporate sector. The economic power lies here, and there is great potential in aiding consumers to sustainable choices. - Companies can help politicians overcome ”fear of... Lire la suite action” - Public procurement is a relatively small part of the food system, but is important as an expression of political will and to ensure a stable market for producers. - From a nutritional perspective we eat wrong in Sweden, and companies have a strong responsibility here. They often refer to that consumers want to have choices, but deny that they are a part of the problem. Lire moins

There are incitaments in the food system for food producers to produce in a sustainable and fair manner, and social as well as ecological aspects are not weighted lower than economic aspects. Major conclusions: 1. Use and change the economic system. What destroys our planet should cost, what is good should be promoted. True cost accounting is needed, and we should use subsidies and taxation in a way that will lower the burden on the planet. 2. The rural setting has enormous potential that is not used in a sustainable way. Much focus is on urban lifestyles, but bringing consumers closer to prod... Lire la suiteuction can bring many benefits including a way of integrating food production in all society. 3. Put a larger part of the responsibility on retail and larger food corporations. The primary producers and consumers are weaker parts, and the economic burden should be more fairly distributed. There was a larger discussion on if the existing economic system can be used and built on, or if we should strive for disruptive change. There was also a lengthy discussion on how young people can be involved in the food system as farmers and entrepreneurs. There is a great need for more youth in the production system, and this will also help bridge over to consumers. Lire moins

- As a decisionmaker I have made it easy for young people to choose sustainable food by… The participants brought up policy intstruments, political arenas (global/national/local)as well as the need to base actions in an understanding of the cultural context. The three major conclusions: 1. Legislation and policy instruments must be used in a more strategic way to redirect the food system within planetary boundaries. Both production and consumption need to be included in a political framework. 2. We have to use politics to make food a voting issue, and to enable a public conversation about fo... Lire la suiteod politics. This is the most important tool in a democracy - to vote and to have a political conversation and this is lacking in food today. 3. Food is culture and connection, this must be highlighted in the work going forward. The narrative needs challenging, there are many ideas of what is traditionally eaten and where we should go with the food system. There were no major disagreements, however, there were different strategies among the stakeholders to reach people: raising alarm or using inspiration. Both perspectives were deemed neccessary, and complementary to some extent. Lire moins

General findings of the dialogue shows that there is a big need for just inclusion of young people in the conversation on sustainable food. There is a fear of "youth-washing", that young are being invited in general, but not listened to. Tokenism was also mentioned, and that there is a real need to actually act on what youth bring to the table. A general signal from the dialogue to the food systems summit is that political stakeholders and corporates such as retail and large food corporations need to listen better and engage in order to achieve a food system within planetary boundaries. The st... Lire la suiteakeholders in the dialogue were interested in continued dialogue, and the convenors are prepared to act on this. The dialogue also shows how different stakeholders perceive the discussion on sustainable food. The need to include meat in a sustainable diet, the need to define local and that there is no single silver bullet solution was brougt to the table and we can absolutely say that consensus was not established during such a short time. However, the session served well to bring the stakeholders to the table and to initiate a continued dialogue. Lire moins

The dialogue was centered around the role of youth in sustainable food systems. Our angle was to invite stakeholders that represent youth organizations: young farmers, chefs, students at agricultural colleges, environmental youth organizations etc. The dialogue took its start in three keynote presentations followed by a dialoge around four statements that had been prepared by the convenors. The statements are as follows: - As a decisionmaker I have made it easy for young people to choose sustainable food by… - There are incitaments in the food system for food producers to produce in a sustai... Lire la suitenable and fair manner, and social as well as ecological aspects are not weighted lower than economic aspects. - As a company in the food supply chain we have enabled young people to eat ecologically and socially sustainable food. - The food system makes use of the diversity in food cultures and traditions, and creates meeting places and dialogue centred around food. Lire moins

Summary of the INOFO North America Dialogue – 2021 United Nations Food System Summit Dialogues Access to food, healthy nutritious food, is a human right. Agroecology and organic BIPOC small farmers are important for local healthy food production, nutritious food security and growing the next generation of resilient small farmers and their communities; and to extending the benefits of agroecology farming practices and organic farming systems to all environments, all communities, and inclusive of all human beings. The INOFO North America Dialogue added the voices of small farmers, agroecology ... Lire la suiteand organic Black Indigenous farmers and farmers of color and farmer organizations from North America to the 2021 UN Food System Summit Dialogues and Summit Process, and enabled a platform of as we shared our history, our great resiliencies, deliberate actions, and hopes. Hope for a better today, hope for a better inclusive tomorrow, to build back better - together. The outcomes of the INOFO North America Independent Dialogue will inform the Summit process and help to guide individual and collective action towards a future of healthy nutritious food that is responsibly grown by small farmers and their organizations to promote agroecology farm practices and organic agriculture, and their benefits – supporting food that is safe, nutritious, accessible, sustainable, equitable and resilient for all. Lire moins

What is your final word on the INOFO North America Dialogue event and the impact that you hope it will have with the United Nations, and the UN Food Systems Summit. • We want our words to be impactful. We work hard and we hope our words will be taken at value and seriously. • Black Indigenous small farmers and farmers of color are endangered. We need your support. Our young farmers need even greater support. • Black Indigenous small farmers and farmers of color need to know how to develop strategies to be recognized and to speak across borders and issues - to empower the ability of BIPOC... Lire la suite small farmers/socially disadvantage farmers to exist beyond this generation. • Our participation in this (UNFSS) effort will help amplify the voice of our cause. Small farms, Black Indigenous small farmers and farmers of color are important for local diverse food production, enabling local nutritious food security and the capacity for local nutritious food systems that reach everyone. • Increasing agroecology, organic-regenerative, and organic BIPOC small farms increases food security no matter the catastrophe, we cannot control catastrophes. But we can work to ensure healthy ongoing resilient agriculture, robust sustainable farming communities, with increased food security, increased ability to feed our children and communities • Enabling the benefits of resilient healthy food production, healthy environments and healthy communities for all human beings. Lire moins

What do you envision that the United Nations could do to help BIPOC farmers and their communities and underserved small farmers and their communities? As small farmers we have the same challenges, we have a need for the same successful models - we want to work together. Black Indigenous small farmers and farmers of color and their farmer organizations hope that the United Nations would help with the following innovations: • Removing barriers to access appropriately scaled small farm equipment for small acreage, for example small farm combines. The United Nations could help in trading these s... Lire la suitemall farm equipment, tools and items instead of guns; • Promoting active virtual learning opportunities between small farmers around the world. • There is a need to share insights and learn about indigenous treaty rights to ensure that indigenous people have land for their children; • Taking eminent domain off the table in our communities and nations; • Promoting active learning between small farmers on research and quantifying agroecology and organic farming systems farming strategies and their benefits to farm, farm family, farmworkers, surrounding environments, supporting food securities and healthy nutritious food systems; • Promoting active learning between BIPOC small farmers and all small farmers (global) on successful cooperative models from small farms around the world. We could work together. • Developing incentives for markets and grocery stores to help small farmers through developing alternative strategies that support BIPOC small farmers by purchasing directly from BIPOC small farmers or BIPOC small farm organizations; • Increasing investments in BIPOC small farmer’s production, Increase incentive programs that promote building relationships with local Black Indigenous farmers and farmers of color, and local Black Indigenous people and people of color that ensures inclusive access to safe and nutritious food for all. Lire moins

What is the greatest barriers, hindrances and issues to Black Indigenous farmers and farmers of color success? Despite historical barriers and inequities, Black indigenous farmers and farmers of color and their communities have not lost hope. BIPOC small farmers have the ability to increase and be successful in our environments, communities, on our small farms enterprises, and to work together to grow diverse nutritious food systems. Black Indigenous small farmers and farmers of color (BIPOC) and their farmer organizations recognize that it is important to listen, learn, and share information ... Lire la suitewith each other and other communities. Black Indigenous farmers and farmers of color - small farms and their food systems would benefit from additional: • Resources and infrastructure; equipment access and availability; capital; entrepreneurship opportunities that add value to their products; • Mentors and sustainable models that demonstrate small farm-good stewardship; land ownership models and seed saving models; • Business credit and knowledge about Business credit; Understanding alternative cooperative models, development and management for small farms; • Innovative agroecology farming practices, regenerative-organic agriculture small farm models; • Continual learning and mentorships/and youth mentorships and trainings in agroecology, organic regenerative farming, and organic farming; • Access to skill and knowledge on relationships and wellbeing to land, water, and the earth; and • Knowledge on regenerative mind, land and food ways that grow sustainable conscientious life, agroecology and organic agriculture, and that support viable healthy nutritious food systems and quality of life. Holistic deliberate inclusive capacity building actions would enable wellbeing, positive change, and healthy local nutritious food systems in BIPOC communities and all communities. Lire moins

We appreciate the main findings that emerged from the UNFSS Dialogue that follow: BIPOC small farmers/underserved small farmers and their communities recognize the need to build infrastructure and capacity for safe nutritious food systems: increase access to land and capital, connect younger farmers to the land, address heir property issues making sure that land is deeded to someone, build strong partnerships with 1890 Land grant Institutions and community NGO organizations. BIPOC small farmers/underserved small farmers and their communities and their farmer organizations realize that it is im... Lire la suiteportant to build local farmer markets, provide alternative food access to our communities, and develop and maintain diverse alternative distribution strategies to avoid system breakdown and outbreaks. It is critical to address our community’s food deserts and work to increase access to affordable fresh local nutritious food for our communities; and address our community health issues and lack of access to healthy fresh nutritious foods. BIPOC small farmers/underserved small farmers and their communities realize that it is important to increase production, small farm sustainability, access to fresh local nutritious foods, and a build resilient nutritious food systems. Livelihood trainings on alternative marketing strategies including cooperatives, community supported agriculture (CSAs) strategies; high tunnels and innovative systems, agroecology- regenerative agriculture; and sustainable organic farming skills/farmer knowledges; entrepreneur training, are important to empower BIPOC small farmers and their communities and support resilient agroecology-organic livelihoods and wellbeing. BIPOC small farmers/underserved small farmers and their communities and farmer organizations recognize that seed saving and the work of seed keepers provides a critical food systems pathway that promotes a value added product (the seed) while promoting relationships with farmers and future generations of farming and supporting food security and sustainable resilient food systems. Seed saving livelihoods strengthens and enables the sustainability of small farm populations/BIPOC farmers and farmers of color and limited resource farmers and their communities - and empowers the whole nutritious food system. Good nutritious food should be for everyone, not just the great and famous. Liberty is key: It is important to experience our liberty and freedom in a manner to operate a regenerative agroecology-organic small farms and demonstrate the benefits to our communities and nation. Deliberate actions towards these challenges and hindrances would enable resilient small farms and BIPOC small farm livelihoods, increase food security to all communities, ensure and strengthen local healthy food systems, grow wellbeing among BIPOC communities. . . Extending the benefits of agroecology and organic agriculture, resilient organic-regenerative agriculture and these nutritious food systems to all environments and all communities - for all human beings. Lire moins

During the COVID-19 pandemic and crisis, when the United States experienced the shock of system breakdowns, people sought out healthy produce, pesticide free, and fresh local produce for their families. We also experienced the role of small farmers in our communities – as essential service providers. Using alternative marketing strategies and armed with the COVIC-19 protocols farmers provided their local fresh nutritious food to the communities. Agroecology-regenerative, and small organic Black Indigenous farmers and farmers of color were successful in continuing to provide their local grown... Lire la suite fresh produce and value added products to communities and urban areas, effectively serving in their role as essential service providers to the nation. Lire moins

To facilitate a dialogue for organic farmers to air their opinions on the shortcomings of the current food system in regard to organic food Organic farmers are faced with numerous challenges ranging from limited access to seeds, production and marketing constraints. This can be attributed from policy framework and interventions which are skewed towards conventional agriculture in Africa. Thus offering a platform where the farmers deliberated on these issues and gave their suggestions on how the current food system can be improved was needed. This was achieved through this dialogue where organi... Lire la suitec farmers got a chance to sit on the round table to share on their challenges and offer a practical way forward that can reshape the current food system. To deliberate on how organic farming can safeguard food sovereignty in Africa The current food chain is skewed towards commercialization and input driven production systems. It continues the dependence on multi-national companies in supply of seeds, which are overpriced, and harmful chemicals. This is detrimental to the livelihood of small-scale farmers who are living below the poverty line, as a majority earn $2 or less per day. The farmer is already disadvantaged economically and is further deprived of their freedom to use inputs available in their localities for food production. It therefore becomes automatic that the farmer cannot make decisions on what to plant independently as s/he relies on what is available in the agro vets. This reduces crop diversity and food diversity on what the farmer feeds to their family. The situation creates food and nutritional insecurity which can be intervened when farmers have right and control on what and how to produce their foods. Outcomes Organic farmers in Africa shared challenges and suggestions of their desired and ideal food system that serve their needs as follows: Challenge: High Production and marketing of harmful chemicals Suggestion: Developing an institutional framework to monitor and assess chemical toxicity. This means respective countries will have mandated institutions and laws that will restrict the use of chemicals that endanger the survival of mankind and biodiversity. Challenge: low Involvement and participation in decision making processes. Suggestion: Proper representation in the summit by real farmers who understand grassroots problems in agriculture. The voice of the farmer is not being represented by farmers but agents without mandate. Challenge: High cost of certification Suggestion: Localizing certification by recognizing local certification schemes. This will ensure affordability Challenge: Minimal Organic agriculture training and courses Suggestion: Raising awareness on the benefits of organic farming and supporting institutions to train agriculture professionals and farmers. Challenge: Marketing of organic Produce and improving organic farmers livelihood Suggestion: Developing organic agriculture markets and government interventions in supporting organic agriculture. Challenge: Policy and laws that discriminate against organic farmers Suggestion: Protection of farmers rights on seeds and in using local soil fertility amendments. Challenge: Loss of agro biodiversity Suggestion: Food system should have diverse crops and recognize the contribution of farmers managed seed systems. The summit therefore should put mechanisms to control bio piracy of pl Lire moins

Objectives and Focus of the dialogue To create awareness on the Un Food System Summit to stakeholders in Africa Access of information is critical in advocating for a fair and just food system. The dialogue provided an avenue to bring together various stakeholders from governmental and non-governmental organizations to engage meaningfully and timely to develop their proposition regarding what is desirable in the food chain. This required dissemination of vital information regarding the Summit and why it is very important to us all. To enhance this, Seed Savers Network and INOFO invited a number... Lire la suite of experienced Organic farmers and activist in the food system who have taken lead in campaigns against genetically modified organisms and pesticides in Kenya. Lire moins

There were no particular areas of divergence as topics were well discussed and outcomes reached.

Building Resilience to shocks and stress: (i) Food banks should be created to tackle food shortages and hunger. Investment in food preservation would create employment for young people. (ii) Understanding climate conditions requires adoption and deployment of low-end land mapping and space technologies to improve yield and increase food production. (iii) Stakeholders in the sector are called to develop curriculum on climate smart agricultural practices and train youth as key actors as part of the sustainability plan for building resilience to shock and stress. (iii) Governments at all levels a... Lire la suitere asked to develop social, economic and technological infrastructures that supports the food systems. (iv) Proper data management is urgently needed to accelerate equitable support systems on food insecurity, food consumption pattern and resilience strategy. (v) Reliable insurance systems should be incorporated as core components of trainings as basis for guarding investments. (vi) A bolster multi-sectoral approach is needed in advancing research and development to transform the agricultural sector, expand the value chain and achieve sustainable food systems in Nigeria. Lire moins

As a means of ensuring adequate technology and innovative knowledge transfer, youth insisted that investment in Train-of-Trainers (ToT) on modern techniques (especially for agriculturalist experts and interns) is urgently needed as primitive agriculture techniques cannot provide timely and needed outputs to meet the demands of an increasing population. Participants are of the opinion that to boost food production and advance equitable livelihoods for all, government and all other stakeholders are called to be responsive and take responsibility for the provision of infrastructures to promote so... Lire la suitecioeconomic livelihood of in the sector as well as impacting the citizenry. To advance equitable livelihoods of youth and secure their inclusive interest in Agriculture, the dialogue noted that seemingly invisible barriers be lifted. For instance, the Land Use Acts needs to be reviewed and allowed for access to land for agricultural purposes in addition to enable access to farm inputs and financing. Lire moins

Young people are encouraged to start-up the practice of regenerative farming as a means of boosting nature-positive production. It can be started at a low-scale and scale -up in a manner that manages, protects and sustain the natural ecosystem. For instance, through green house and home gardening. Incentives and support systems, opportunities for programs and competitions should be included as part of policy implementation.

(i) Adequate sensitization is required in order to advance food producer and other actors (within the value chain) to embrace innovation and obtain knowledge on sharing risk to minimize losses and build resilience. (ii) As pertains sustainable consumption, the business, health and academic sub-sectors players including -dietitians, doctors, chefs, respective Ministries, Department & Agencies, have respective roles to play in advocacy and awareness creation through policies and curriculum upward reviews.

Nigeria has massive land and large influx of produce, in which, with appropriate mechanization and management would be capable of reducing fake and imported processed foods. Youth at the dialogue therefore, strongly implored stakeholders to increase investments towards building sustainable systems that guarantees safe and nutritious food right from farm to fork. In order to cut down on the high rates of food poisoning, the dialogue reached that it is therefore incumbent on regulatory agencies to initiate comprehensive compliance on foods and other consumable products producers.