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UN Food System Summit 2021: Science Days (Side Events)

UN Food System Summit 2021: Science Days (Side Events)

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Recognizing the pivotal role of science, technology and innovation for food systems transformation, the Science Days, organized by the Scientific Group of the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 and facilitated and hosted by FAO, offer an important opportunity to support the agenda setting process with scientific evidence and perspectives. Participants can expect to:

  • Assess science-based options to achieve more healthy diets and more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable food systems.
  • Explore the frontiers of science to catalyze food systems transformation to achieve SDG2.
  • Critically assess risks, opportunities, and controversies in science and innovation for food systems, with attention to equity and to resilience.
  • Engage in dialogues to strengthen the science–policy interface so that scientific evidence can best inform policy and policy in turn can better use science to support the transition to sustainable, inclusive and resilient food systems.

Please join to contribute to the scientific debate on how to transform our food systems and share experiences and insights around science-based actions and solutions.

Side Events 

Day
Events Highlighted
05 July 2021

9:00 – 10:30 CEST (15:00 – 16:30 GMT+8)Science and Sustainable Food Systems in Southeast Asia – Challenges and Ways Forward

11:00 – 12:30 CESTScience, Technology and Innovation For Food Systems Transformation. The role of nuclear and related technologies

13:00 – 14:30 CEST (13:00 – 14:30 GMT+2)Transformative Sustainable Agri-food systems for sustainable diets with traditional plants

13:00 – 15:00 CEST (7:00 – 9:00 EDT / GMT-4)Global Food Systems Governance – The Role of Food Science and Technology

14:00 – 15:30 CESTThe importance of plant genetic resources in the context of Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems: the role of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

14:00 – 15:30 CESTCapacity development for agriculture innovation systems: lessons learned and future action of the Tropical Agriculture Platform partnership

15:00 – 16:30 CEST(21:00 – 22:30 China Time, 18:30 – 20:00 India Time)Transforming Food Systems in Emerging Economies

15:00 – 16:30 CESTLearnings from country-level pathways to the global food policy debate

16:00 – 17:00 CESTAccelerating Innovation for Food Systems Transformation with National and Regional Impact

16:00 – 18:30 CEST (14:00 – 16:30 GMT)Malabo Montpellier Forum – Connecting the dots: Policy innovations for food systems transformation in Africa

06 July 2021

10:00 – 11:30 CESTProtein for All: The Importance of Protein Quality in Equitable, Sustainable Food Systems

10:30 – 12:00 CESTNourishing people and planet with aquatic foods

11:00 CEST (9:00 GMT)Sustainable Financing of Research and Innovation to Improve the Performance of Africa’s Food System

12:00 – 13:30 CESTA New Paradigm for Research and Innovation: A practical application with Forgotten Foods

13:00 – 14:00 CEST (12:00 – 13:00 Abuja Time)Transforming Food Systems from the Ground Up: The Potential of Groundwater in Achieving Food Security and Prosperity in Africa

13:00 – 14:30 CEST (7:00 – 8:00 EDT)Gender Equality, Women’s Empowerment, and Food Systems

13:30 – 15:00 CESTAchieving healthy diets for all: What are the evidence gaps constraining progress?

14:00 – 15:30 CESTTransforming Food Systems through Agroecology: Learning from Evidence

14:00 – 15:45 CESTStrengthening international research cooperation on food systems

15:00 – 16:30 CESTA Perennial Revolution of Agriculture – is it desirable, possible, imminent?

15:00 – 16:30 CEST (13:00 – 14:30 UTC)Risks to agricultural production from air pollution

15:00 – 17:00 CESTThe role of Agricultural Research and Innovation on food systems transformation

15:30 – 17:00 CEST (9:30 – 11:00 EDT / GMT-4)COVID-19, food systems, and One Health in an urbanizing world: Research responses at a national level

15:30 – 17:00 CESTThe White/Wiphala Paper on Indigenous Peoples’ food systems: Indigenous Peoples’ contributions to food system’s thinking and sustainability

16:00 – 17:30 CESTBridging scientific and indigenous peoples’ knowledge for sustainable and inclusive food systems

16:00 – 17:30 CESTPriorities for inclusive urban food systems transformations in the global South

16:00 – 17:30 CEST(10:00 – 11:30 EST / 14:00 – 15:30 UTC)Bridging the Digital DivideConvened by The Hunger Project

07 July 2021

9:00 – 11:00 CESTWhen science meets policy to boost food systems transformation

10:00 – 12:30 CESTMicrobiome Supporting Regenerative Agriculture

10:00 – 11:30 CESTRegional perspectives on the role of science, technology, and innovation for transforming food systems

10:00 – 11:30 CESTSOLAW21: Sustainable, Scalable and Dynamic Solutions in Land and Water Management towards Food System Transformation

11:00 – 12:30 CESTIs Organic Agriculture a viable option for the Global South?

13:00 – 14:30 CESTClimate Change & Food Systems’ Transformation: Focus on Small Island States and Indigenous Peoples

13:00 – 15:30 CEST (7:00 – 8:00 EDT)Promise of the Commons for Sustainable and Equitable Food Systems

13:30 – 15:00 CESTA New Paradigm for Plant Nutrition

14:00 – 15:30 CEST (12:00 – 13:30 GMT)Food prices and the economics of food system transformation: Making markets work for inclusive growth, sustainability, and health

14:00 – 15:30 CEST (12:00 – 13:30 GMT)Domestication for sustainable seaweed aquaculture: a major research challenge for the future of blue food systems

14:00 – 15:30 CESTDecision-making for Sustainable Livestock: Capitalizing on Models, Data and Communications

15:30 – 17:00 CEST (9:30 – 11:00 EDT)Reforming Agricultural Policies to Support Food Systems Transformation

16:00 – 17:30 CEST (14:00 – 15:30 GMT)Local food, Sustainable City? Is Vertical and Controlled Environment Agriculture Relevant Contributions to Resilient and Sustainable Future Food Systems?

16:00 – 17:30 CEST (14:00 – 15:30 GMT)Scaling Up Innovations and Partnerships to Modernize African Food Systems

16:00 – 17:30 CEST (10:00 – 11:30 ET)The Critical Role of Research and Development in Achieving Resilient and Sustainable Food Systems

16:00 – 17:30 CEST(10:00 – 12:00 ET, 14:00 – 16:00 GMT)Monitoring and Evaluation for Food Systems Transformation

17:00 – 18:30 CESTPost-COVID 19 Implications on Genetic Diversity, Genomics Research and Innovation: A Call for Governance and Research Capacity

18:30 – 20:00 CEST (12:30 – 14:00 ET)The True Cost and True Price of FoodConvened by True Price Foundation; University of Pretoria; Tufts University