FAO Regional Office for Asia and Pacific (FAO RAP), in collaboration with the SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC), an intergovernmental organization of the eight Member States in the South Asia region, Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), organize a regional consultation meeting on “Promoting Healthy, Sustainable and Inclusive Food Systems in Response to COVID -19 in South Asia” on 29 and 30 March 2022.

This regional consultation meeting intends to support food systems transformation actions, thereby contributing to resolve hunger and reducing diet-related diseases problems amidst COVID-19 pandemic in the South Asia.

The specific objectives are as follows:

1. To increase awareness about the Food Systems Summit outcomes;

2. To share the commitments made by the Member States and other stakeholders during the UN Food System Summit in  September 2021, as well as the Coalitions they are engaged with.

3. To share examples of inclusive agriculture value chains and sustainable food systems in the region and highlight how they contributed to limit the impacts of COVID-19 and could help preventing or mitigating impacts of similar pandemics in the future.

4. To formulate recommendations that will support the food transformation into healthier, more sustainable and inclusive food systems in the region. 

To register for the virtual regional consultation, please click here.