Food and agriculture lie at the heart of the 2030 Agenda. This week at the Regional Forum for Sustainable Development, three FAO events shed light on the strong role agriculture and food systems play in realizing the global sustainability goals.

The first UN Food Systems Summit will have a long-lasting impact on a global scale, despite the other historic events of 2021.

This echoes across Europe and Central Asia, giving an impulse to a side event at the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development on the role of sustainable food systems in building back better in Europe and Central Asia and carrying forward the momentum of the Food Systems Summit held on 6 April. The side event was convened by the Issue-based Coalition on Sustainable Food Systems in collaboration with Chatham House. 

Member States of Europe and Central Asia had the opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience on the implementation of the Summit national pathways.