I'd suggest considering 2 additional items:
1. Whose knowledge REALLY counts? Yes, I see the topic on the appreciation and application of diverse knowledge. However, it is one thing to simply explore and talk about this, and a whole new way of thinking requiring humility and re-learning (especially for academicians) to truly value indigenous knowledge and the different ways of knowing. For example, who decides the curricula content of the formal food science and nutrition programs in the Academy? The types of grains, vegetables, etc. to be explored? The types of research worth funding? History gives us confidence that communities all over the world can, and have fed themselves for centuries. It is only when imbalances creep in that some flourish at the expense of others.
2. We need to re-think the cosmetic nature of the agri-food systems. There are many initiatives now seeking to re-purpose food that would otherwise not be "good looking enough" to appear on supermarket shelves in many developed nations. As long as part of the world has the luxury of throwing away food because it does not look as we've been accustomed to, while people in other parts of the world barely have enough to eat, we will continue to chase our tails on the matter of food and nutrition security. A lot of these foods that end up as waste are imported, which means critical resources from the exporting countries were used to produce food for other countries, while domestic markets struggle.
博士 Morrine Omolo