Side events on investment in agriculture and food systems at CFS46
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This week at theforty-sixth plenary session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) there will be several side events related to investment in agriculture and food systems to achieve food security and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Take a look at this year´s side events with a focus on investment and stay informed.
Monday 14 October
18.00-19.30 Iraq Room
World Bank Group; Global Alliance for Imrpoved Nutrition (GAIN); FAO; IFAD; Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA); International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)/Bioversity; Democratic Republic of Congo
Tuesday 15 October
18.00-19.30
Green Room
SE069 Youth for World Food Day: Feeding the world by investing in the future
I4NATURE; 4H International; International Agri-Food Network (IAFN); Youth Ag Summit; Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD); Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network (CSAYN); Nuffield International
Lebanon Room
WFP; IFAD; World Benchmarking Alliance
Thursday 17 October
8.30-10.00 Red Room
Department for International Development (DFID) LEGEND (Land: Enhancing governance for Economic Development) programme, UK; FAO; CFS Private Sector Mechanism (PSM); Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ); International Land Coalition (ILC); Natural Resources Institute (NRI), University of Greenwich, UK.
14.30-15.00 Sheikh Zayed Centre
SE064 LAUNCH: Investing in smallholder and family farmers: Taking GAFSP to 2030
Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany (BMZ)
18.00-19.30 Red Room
Swiss FAO Committee; Swedish FAO Committee; FAO; IFAD; Agripreneurship Alliance; Thought for Food; CFS Private Sector Mechanism (PSM); Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD)
Friday 18 October
10.00-13.00 Red Room
Youth delegates report on their impressions on this CFS and through “magic boxes” will engage participants in how governments and other actors can ensure youth are involved and engaged in food security and nutrition policy-making in their national context. This session will be webcast at http://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/